A crewed expedition to Mars promises to push the absolute limits of human endurance. To grasp the sheer scale of the journey, ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would shorten a roundtrip to Earth's planetary neighbor to as ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

NASA’s CHAPEA mission, designed to simulate the challenges of long-duration Mars exploration, has now reached a milestone, ...

In the aftermath of the glorious splashdown of Artemis II, returning to the moon is the next required step. Much will be ...

If you were to stand on the surface of Mars in two years and look up to the night sky, you might see a bright streak flying across the heavens, followed a few minutes later by another. Rather than ...

A Brazilian cosmologist studying near-Earth asteroids wasn't looking for a shortcut to Mars — but he found one anyway.

Unusual Mars mishap: A rock named 'Atacama' became lodged on Curiosity’s drill sleeve, marking the first such incident in the ...

Curiosity rover shook loose a 28-pound rock lodged on its drill, a first for the mission that’s been exploring Mars for more ...