Mars Colonization

If it exists at all, that is.

The two planets most suited for habitability had very different fates. At last, scientists know why.

While NASA's Curiosity rover is digging up clay minerals on Mars, the 2020 rover is suiting up for its departure to the Red Planet in July next year.

The Mars Helicopter - a small, autonomous aircraft that will demonstrate the viability of heavier-than-air vehicles on Mars - has passed several key tests with flying colors.

The plan involves lifting the mole's support structure to get a look at the instrument.

This key element is missing.

NASA’s former chief scientist explains why we should dream even bigger on Today, Explained.

Forget everything you've learned about men and Mars.

Space architecture startup AI SpaceFactory achieved second place in the latest phase of a NASA-led competition, pitting several groups against each other in pursuit of designing a 3D-printed Mars habitat and physically demonstrating some of the technologies needed to build them. With a focus on ease of scalable 3D-printing and inhabitants’ quality of life, as …

Musk cautions that his ballpark estimate is highly dependent on volume, though.

The US space agency's InSight mission positions the second of its surface instruments on Mars.

Mars may have once been a wet world like Earth. Where did the water go?

Mars rover, Opportunity, has sent data to Earth for 15 years but fell silent eight months ago