To send people to Mars and return them safely to Earth, NASA has developed a new, very powerful launch vehicle called the Space Launch System and a new human carrier spacecraft called Orion.

Elon Musk, who has worked alongside NASA via his spaceflight company SpaceX and is set to play a major role in the incoming Trump administration, has said he believes humans will be on Mars by ...

NASA's Sharmila Bhattacharya anticipates humans setting foot on Mars by 2040, contingent on sustained global investment in space exploration.

NASA has wanted to put people on Mars for decades, but both technological and budget limitations mean that probably will not happen until the 2040s under current plans. Trump wants to accelerate ...

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin offered to "execute Mars Sample Return (MSR) as a firm-fixed price solution for under $3 ...

The Mars Sample Return mission has been ranked as the highest priority by planetary scientists, who hope to find signs of ancient life on Mars. The Washington Post It still hasn’t decided how.

As the administration slashes spending on science, NASA is running low on new missions.

In May, the White House released a budget proposal that would slash NASA funding. But a Senate appropriations plan would ...

Three NASA space missions supported by teams at the University of Colorado Boulder, including the more than decade-old MAVEN mission to Mars, may be canceled in October as part of funding cuts ...

Blue Origin has been mum about the payload that will fly on this rocket, but multiple people have told Ars that the current ...