Our biggest obstacle might not be technological,” author Scott E. Solomon said of future life on Mars. “It might be us.” ...

The three astronauts on the mission to be the first humans on Mars don’t even get to the surface before the trouble starts. They enter the Martian atmosphere wrong, half crash-land in a spot not quite ...

The NASA Maven spacecraft is expected to complete a 10-month voyage to Mars on Sunday. Once in orbit, NASA scientists will gather information about the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Information that will ...

Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our imagination for generations, sparking countless questions about whether we ...

Before the first human boot sinks into Martian dust, an army of machines will have already been at work for years, testing the air, carving out shelter and assembling the hardware that keeps people ...

A Dutch company that aims to land humans on Mars in 2023 as the vanguard of a permanent Red Planet colony has received its first funding from sponsors, officials announced this week. Mars One plans to ...

Musk’s announcement comes as NASA plans to send four astronauts around the Moon on a crewed flyby in the Artemis II mission ...

Instead, robotic missions including Perseverance have long depended on onboard sensors and cameras, imagery from orb ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The idea of humans living on Mars is closer to reality than it’s ever been. On Feb. 13, Elon Musk’s SpaceX ferried an ...