Make-believe Mars: Get a 360-degree view of the testbed for NASA’s InSight lander When NASA’s InSight lander touches down on Mars in November, its handlers already will have had lots of practice operating… Read More
A car for Mars: Elon Musk shows Tesla Roadster revving up for Falcon Heavy liftoff After a flurry of speculation, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is showing off his midnight cherry-red Tesla Roadster sports car as… Read More
Moon, Mars and jobs: Trump puts his spin on space policy, with details to come President Donald Trump today signed a space policy directive that calls on NASA to establish an outpost on the moon… Read More
Yes, Elon Musk will launch Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit on SpaceX Falcon Heavy Update: After a bit of back and forth, SpaceX is confirming that the Roadster to Mars is a real payload, and that it… Read More
Trickles of water on Mars? Scientists say they’re more likely to be trickles of sand Scientists have long been intrigued by what seem to be wet streaks that appear on the slopes of Martian craters… Read More
Moon vs. Mars and asteroids: Watch space advocates debate where we should go SpaceX founder Elon Musk has famously said he’d like to die on Mars — “just not on impact.” But where will… Read More
Scientists call for a treaty to protect Apollo moon sites and other famous space places What’s the best way to preserve the Apollo footprints on the moon, the Face on Mars, or the mysterious “white… Read More
Virtual reality takes you on a trip to Mars with NASA rover – and to alien worlds, too NASA has been offering virtual-reality tours of Mars for years — but now, with Google’s help, the space agency has come… Read More
SpaceX’s Elon Musk explains how his big rocket’s short hops will lead to giant leaps SpaceX CEO says he “chickened out” and made the design for the monster spaceship he’s planning to send to Mars… Read More
Elon Musk will chat about his big rocket plans with SpaceX fans on Reddit Two weeks after SpaceX founder Elon Musk updated his vision for a monster rocket designed to take settlers to the… Read More
Sizing up billionaire Elon Musk’s big bet on SpaceX’s Big Frickin’ Rocket of the future SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s rocket roadmap just got much bigger than Mars. Now the question is, who else will follow… Read More
Lockheed Martin adds a lander to its picture for NASA’s future journeys to Mars Lockheed Martin has fleshed out its picture for sending astronauts to the Red Planet by adding a refuelable lander and… Read More
SpaceX’s Elon Musk is setting up his fans for a surprise during Mars mission update SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he’ll unveil “major improvements and some unexpected applications” this week when he updates his plan… Read More
Explore Mars like an astronaut: Mars 2030 VR experience lifts off Mars 2030, a virtual reality experience that simulates living and working on the Red Planet, launched today for the HTC… Read More
Phobos photobombs Mars in Hubble view Leave it to tiny Phobos to horn in on Mars’ glory in an image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.… Read More
Elon Musk is bullish on Dragon space rides, but Red Dragon on Mars? Not so much SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he expects to see astronauts flying to the International Space Station on his company’s Dragon… Read More
The internet goes all atwitter over U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s questions about Mars civilization What game was U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., playing when he asked Caltech geochemist Kenneth Farley whether there was any… Read More
When will Elon Musk update Mars plan? Maybe in September, maybe in Australia SpaceX CEO Elon Musk got a rock-star reception last September at the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico when he unveiled… Read More
Vice President Mike Pence vows return to moon and ‘boots on Mars’ in NASA speech Vice President Mike Pence, the newly minted chairman of a revived National Space Council, said today that President Donald Trump… Read More
Robotic telepresence could be the best way for humans to explore Mars, scientists say Robotic telepresence could save future Mars explorers from the perils that faced fictional astronaut Mark Watney in “The Martian” —… Read More
Stephen Hawking lays out plan for settling space, from moon and Mars to the stars British physicist Stephen Hawking has repeatedly warned us that we have just a century or two to move off Earth,… Read More
Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More
Elon Musk promises an update on his plan to settle Mars – including how he’ll fund it SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s vision to send a million people to Mars is now in print, but the billionaire visionary… Read More
‘Mars 2030’ VR experience will allow users to explore terrain, drive rover, work in station and more Space geeks looking to take a walk 34 million miles from home without actually training to be an astronaut will… Read More
Here’s how NASA’s shiny 2020 rover will look when it’s hunting for life on Mars The rover that NASA is getting ready to send to Mars in 2020 looks a lot like the Curiosity rover… Read More
Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveils a monster computer that’s made for Mars What does a prototype computer with 160 terabytes of memory have to do with missions to Mars? The way Kirk… Read More
Eat your broccoli: 5 tips for Mars explorers from National Geographic’s Seattle show If you want to maximize your chances of weathering Mars’ harsh radiation environment, get in the habit of eating broccoli.… Read More
In video call to space station, President Donald Trump calls for speeding up trips to Mars Humans on Mars by 2024? President Donald Trump set that time frame today, almost certainly in jest, during a congratulatory… Read More
After the International Space Station, get ready for NASA’s Deep Space Gateway President Donald Trump hasn’t yet revealed his choice for NASA administrator, but the space agency is already shifting the focus… Read More
Launch a rocket every day? SpaceX’s Elon Musk kicks it up a notch for reusability SpaceX took nearly a year to relaunch its first “flight-proven” Falcon 9 booster, but within a year or two, company… Read More
