Life on Mars is a dream long held – and not just for David Bowie. The idea of settling on the Red Planet has been around for ...

That’s why NASA has Mars Dune Alpha, an immersive Martian habitat that let’s the agency perform a few dress rehearsals before rocketing humans off to the real thing. The 1,700-square-foot ...

Exciting advances in space exploration are underway as NASA tests revolutionary shape memory alloy (SMA) spring tires ...

Next time you're driving around on Mars and need to get your tire replaced, chances are good it'll look something like a ...

Do you have what it takes to survive on Mars? Beginning this month, four people will spend a year in a prototype Martian habitat meant to simulate living on the Red Planet. It’s part of NASA’s efforts ...

Scientists may have finally cracked a 50-year-old mystery surrounding the so-called "Martian dichotomy"—the sharp contrast between the southern highlands and northern lowlands of Mars.

Scientists have identified regions on Mars where conditions might support microbial life beneath the surface. Seasonal methane variations and Earth-based studies of similar environments suggest ...

Mars is a strange place and any humans born there are bound to look radically different over thousands or even hundreds of ...

Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and team leader Kelly Haston have spent the past 378 days sealed inside the "Martian" habitat in Houston, Texas, part of NASA's research into what it ...