NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

On the outskirts of Houston, four people have been living a version of the future that most of us only see in science fiction. For more than a year, they have been sealed inside a mock Martian base, ...

For decades, humanity has sent robotic explorers far beyond Earth’s comfort zone—into places where sunlight is weak, nights are brutally cold, and dust storms can last for months. The secret that ...

Mars to Table'. Interested competitors from around the world are asked to develop a 'complete meal plan for a crew on Mars' and prepare a system for production of the food on the Red Planet.

Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers. Ross Elder, an ...

MAVEN was built to last in orbit until 2030 — that's not looking likely anymore.

American space agency is on the search for the perfect food system for Mars missions, launches the Deep Space Food Challenge: ...

NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and ...

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

A Mars spacecraft has now been AWOL for more than a month. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN ...

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean.