Interior view of a possible habitat on Mars by the Mars One project. Interior view of a possible habitat on Mars for the Mars One project. Mars One is a not-for-profit organization that will establish ...

Humanity’s dream of settling on Mars is becoming more achievable, thanks to major strides in space exploration. Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, believes a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet is ...

There are substantial technical, political, and financial obstacles to starting the colonization of Mars within the next few decades. SpaceX is farther along than most toward this ambitious goal.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in ...

New research from Swinburne University of Technology and CSIRO shows that Martian regolith can be processed into iron under simulated conditions. The findings, detailed in Acta Astronautica — Metals ...

SpaceX is about to launch the ninth test of its huge Starship system, which the company believes will drive down costs to reach space and help make human life multiplanetary.

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 ...