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

NASA shares an iconic image of carbon dioxide ice erupting in geysers when Martian winter turns to spring.

Orbital dynamics show that President Trump’s pledge to land astronauts on Mars couldn’t happen until 2029 at the earliest.

To this end, “We’re continuing to collect data on buried ice on Mars, zeroing in on the best places for astronauts to land,” said Piqueux. The discovery of the bands of water ice locked away ...

That feature is Athabasca Valles, a system of valleys carved into volcanic plains on Mars. The Athabasca Valles system offers key insights into the history of water on the Red Planet, and its ...

In a perfect and parsimonious world, a single two-stage spacecraft would land on Mars, scoop up soil samples in situ, and transfer them to an ascent stage which would blast off into orbit.

A new report questions whether SpaceX's Starship could take humans to Mars before the decade is out. President Donald Trump recently announced that the United States would work to land astronauts ...