Colonising the red planet en route to creating “a spacefaring civilisation” has long been one of Musk’s driving ambitions — ...

There are many obstacles to overcome before humans can set foot on Mars, including problems surrounding launch mass and ...

The Artemis program has been NASA's best chance to get "boots on the moon" again. But with the new US administration taking ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars.

Extraplanetary spacefaring has a hoary history in science fiction. Elon Musk, our so-touted Mars visionary, is an avid sci-fi ...

Trump says we're going to Mars. He may be making it harder to get there. President Donald Trump says we’re going to Mars, but ...

SPACEX’S Starship is preparing for its seventh test flight next week, which will see the rocket attempt to deploy fake satellites in space. It will be the first time the rocket has ejected ...

NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Christina ...

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson left a final decision on a new mission architecture to the next NASA administrator working under the incoming Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump ...

One hundred people were due to take a one-way trip to Mars in 2023 — and, while some experts say it was a suicide mission, others say it may have helped push the cause of one day living on the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has collected a unique rock sample named 'Silver Mountain' from Mars' Jezero Crater, marking a ...

Starship is scheduled to lift off Monday at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT) from Starbase, SpaceX 's manufacturing and launch site in South Texas. You'll be able to watch the action live; the company will ...