SpaceX tapped cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang to lead a private crewed mission around Mars and the moon. Here's ...

Asteroids hovering between Mars and Jupiter could be mined for key resources such as metals and fuel.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mars' craters come from ancient collisions during the formation of the solar system. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University/Arizona ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

Landing humans on Mars could teach us whether life ever existed beyond Earth, how planets change over time, and how humans can live on other worlds. By studying Mars up close, astronauts could answer ...

SpaceX is taking another major step toward deep-space exploration, announcing plans for two groundbreaking commercial human spaceflight missions that will carry private astronauts beyond Earth orbit ...

NASA’s new electric propulsion engine set a U.S. power record and could transform future Mars missions. The thrusters use ...

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Human imagination has long been fascinated by the possibility of space travel. As early as the 2nd century AD, the Greek satirist Lucian of Samosata contemplated voyaging to the moon and encountering ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. NASA plans to send humans on a scientific round trip to Mars potentially as early as 2035. The trip will take about six to seven months each ...