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

Mars will make its closest approach to Earth ... These two events — perigee and opposition — typically occur a few days apart based on the orbits of the two planets. During opposition, the ...

Mars reaches opposition on Jan. 16, when it will shine a brilliant golden color to the naked eye in the constellation Gemini. A few days earlier, on Jan. 12, it will make its closest approach to ...

Experts told Newsweek about the difficulties of reaching Mars as the United States faces complex challenges in space policy.

Mars will disappear behind the moon on January 13, and on January 17 and 18, Venus and Saturn will appear very close to each other. More NASA/JPL-Caltech Additionally, only days beforehand on ...

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

That’s because at opposition, Mars is about as close to Earth as it will get during this orbit. The actual closest approach occurs three days earlier, on Jan. 12. Mars reaches opposition Jan. 15 ...

I think I’ll take Mars over the “golden age of America” any day. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.

The method could propel a 220-lb. (100 kilograms) robotic spacecraft to Mars in only three days, he said. "There are recent advances which take this from science fiction to science reality," Lubin ...