A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...

NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet's surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

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 ...

NASA's Psyche mission will execute a close flyby of Mars on 15 May. The spacecraft has captured an image of the Red Planet ...

In the aftermath of the glorious splashdown of Artemis II, returning to the moon is the next required step. Much will be ...