Following Elon Musk's recent comment, "Mars is the New World," controversy and excitement were kicked up as it is fueling the ...

Mars is an attractive candidate for colonization for several reasons. It is relatively close to Earth, with journeys taking ...

A switch to Mars would impact programs such as the moon-focused Space Launch System, a multibillion-dollar rocket that ...

One of the most audacious plans to come about recently ... space agencies already hoping to build a colony on the Moon, and a manned mission to Mars set for the 2030s, being able to set up proper ...

Trump’s Mars pledge elicited a huge grin and enthusiastic double thumbs up from billionaire and top Mars colonization ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could reach 2040. The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already ...

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them ...

Musk aims to establish a human colony on Mars by 2030. His strategy includes sending uncrewed Starship rockets to Mars by 2026, with the possibility of crewed missions occurring two to four years ...

Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president on Monday and during his inaugural address he pledged to take America ...

NASA has made plans to ship a 3D printer to the Moon ... claiming SpaceX could plant a colony on Mars in the 2020s. It's plausible that Starship will be a workhorse rocket later this decade ...

Musk has long championed Mars as humanity's "backup plan." On X (formerly Twitter ... To Musk, Earth’s future is uncertain, and a thriving colony on Mars could ensure the continuity of human ...

We're hurtling toward a new era of mega-rockets with enough power to send colonists to the red planet, but should we?