If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there. Enter M-MATISSE, a potential precursor to a crewed mission to the Red Planet. ...

Near-surface water ice could supply essential resources for future human exploration on the Red Planet. Before sending people ...

What are the most ideal landing sites on Mars for the first human missions that can provide maximum survivability while also exhibiting the potential for finding life beyond Earth? This is what a ...

“This is a really important operational evaluation of human health and performance that NASA is doing in preparation to land the first humans on Mars. In CHAPEA, we mimic what is the Mars surface ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Although concepts for crewed missions to Mars have gained popularity, NASA's actual plans for ...

As we inch closer to the reality of human missions to Mars, spearheaded by NASA’s Artemis program and SpaceX’s Starship initiatives, the focus is shifting towards the survival of astronauts in the ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

The picture-perfect launch of twin Escapade orbiters bound for Mars presages a fantastical new age in exploring the planets, ...

Before humans ever set foot on Mars, fleets of autonomous robots will be doing the heavy lifting — from building habitats to ...

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

AeroVironment and JPL propose "Skyfall," a Mars mission concept utilizing a swarm of six autonomous helicopters instead of traditional landers, significantly reducing mission cost and complexity. The ...

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there. Enter M-MATISSE, a potential precursor to a crewed mission to the Red Planet ...