It’s been a lofty goal America's leaders have set their sights on for generations, and President Donald Trump kicked off his ...

Space architect Melodie Yasher has developed ingenious plans for using robots to 3D print the habitats, landing pads and everything needed for human life on Mars. Using robots means that these ...

In the coming years, an unprecedented number of people will leave planet Earth—but it’s becoming increasingly clear that deep space will make us sick.

The race to Mars has intensified, with two major players leading the charge—NASA and SpaceX. NASA, a government-backed agency ...

NARRATOR:'But landing a human crew is a different matter entirely.' DR. ADAM STELTZNER:'Landing Curiosity, a ton, biggest thing we've landed on Mars to date. 'A challenge but not nearly as much of ...

Beyond this, NASA must figure out a way to develop and build "entry, descent, and landing ... initial crewed Mars mission. There is still a lot of work to be done, as making a human trip to ...

With human missions comes a level of risk that ... and most of the expertise in the world on landing on Mars resides at JPL [Jet Propulsion Laboratory], resides at NASA," Logsdon said.

Landing humans on Mars requires Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) capabilities beyond what are currently available and in use. The largest payload delivered to the Martian surface to date has been the ...

Landing on Mars is easier said than done ... NASA's Curiosity rover weighs about 13 times more than the average human. Which means, to slow down to the same speed, it would need an even bigger ...

However, the former chief of the US space agency was skeptical about the prospect of a private company’s capability of sending humans to Mars alone WASHINGTON, September 7. /TASS/. Getting ...