Could humans really inhabit Mars? As NASA pushes forward with its ambitious mission, the challenges are immense—dangerous ...

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with a grand goal of sending humans to Mars and colonizing Earth's neighboring planet. Today ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is advancing a space nuclear agenda closely aligned with SpaceX’s Mars ambitions.

Elon Musk is putting his dreams of colonizing Mars on hold. Instead, the world's richest man said SpaceX, his commercial rocket company, will turn its attention a little closer to home: the moon. The ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...

NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that has orbited Mars for more than a decade. Maven, an acronym for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, abruptly stopped communicating with ground stations ...

The U.S. agency offers a multimillion-dollar prize to develop self-sufficient food systems for the journey to Mars.