Thomas Mulligan goes inside NASA’s year-long Mars habitat simulation mission in Houston.

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

A Clue That Water May Have Once Flowed There Mars, becoming a home for humans, is a hypothesis is one we've been trying for ...

Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones were greeted by a round of applause as they emerged from the 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat.

[Related: How to apply for NASA’s next Mars habitat simulation.] “The opportunity of being ‘away’ from Earth is very enlightening. It makes you realize how precious everything is.

CHAPEA's Mars Dune Alpha is an isolated 3D-printed 1,700 square-foot habitat that simulates a realistic Mars environment. The layout of the habitat provides for separate areas to live and work.

Scientists have created living communities of bacteria and fungi that could survive in protective habitats on the Red Planet.

National News Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year The quartet lived and worked inside the space of 1,700 square feet to simulate a mission to the red planet.

Four volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien environment.

Four volunteer crew members who spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston have emerged from the artificial alien environment.

A Texas A&M research team has developed synthetic lichens that could be the answer to self-growing structures on Mars.

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...