We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?

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, ...

Did you know that Mars at opposition is a special time when Earth and Mars are closest? This happens when Earth passes ...

Imagine you've just gotten to Mars as part of the first contingent of settlers. Your first challenge: build a long-term habitat using local materials. Those might include water from the polar caps ...

not Trash In a published study outlining the need to preserve all of the human-made artifacts on Mars, the authors note that ...

Mars' gravity is 38 per cent that of Earth's ... For the past three years NASA has been running a 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, testing competing designs and materials, and moving the technology ...

Scientists have proposed building habitats on Mars using blood of astronauts living on the red planet in the future. A group of experts from Kharazmi University in Tehran suggests that a special ...

Researchers estimated that it would take 72 weeks for a crew member to generate enough fluid to build a habitat. Once more astronauts arrive on Mars, there would be a steady stream of fluid.

Mars has a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide ... we can begin planning for long-term habitation. If we're lucky, crewed NASA landings could happen in 10-15 years, but the agency's plans for ...