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‘Mars’ trailer features Elon Musk, Neil Tyson and Red Planet explorers from 2033

National Geographic Channel’s “Mars” miniseries blends a fictional tale about Mars colonists in 2033 with modern-day musings about Red Planet missions –… Read More

NASA seeks five concepts for 2022 Mars orbiter and gives go-ahead for 2020 rover

NASA says it’s selected five aerospace companies, including Boeing, to conduct concept studies for a Mars telecommunications orbiter that’s likely… Read More

Scientists explain how a giant impact created Mars’ past and present moons

Are Mars’ two moons asteroids that were captured by the Red Planet’s gravitational field, or are they the result of… Read More

NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, dozens of health… Read More

Weird sand ripples on Mars tell tales about Red Planet’s past and present climate

The sands of Mars move in mysterious ways – including one way that’s not seen on Earth’s surface, but only on the… Read More

NASA considers turning Curiosity rover into a scout for water on Mars mountain

NASA says one of the Curiosity rover’s future tasks could be to check out sites on Mars that may harbor trickles… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk teases ‘dangerous’ plan to colonize Mars starting in 2024

SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, is providing increasingly detailed previews of his plan to send colonists to Mars starting in… Read More

White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars

After months of discussion, federal agencies are closing in on a process to approve commercial missions to other celestial bodies… Read More

NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality

We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and… Read More

Mega-tsunamis on Mars? Sediments show signs of giant waves from ancient ocean

Liquid water is almost non-existent on modern Mars, but scientists say sedimentary deposits show signs that tsunami waves as high as… Read More

Holy Hubble! See a super-sized Mars get bigger than it’s looked for a decade

For the next couple of weeks, Mars will look bigger than it’s looked in a decade! And no, this is… Read More

NASA’s chief agrees with author of ‘The Martian’: The first Mars crews will steer robots from orbit

The first humans to reach Mars almost certainly won’t go down to the surface, but will manage fleets of rovers… Read More

SpaceX plans to start sending Red Dragon capsules to Mars as early as 2020

Update for March 22, 2017: SpaceX has shifted its schedule for the first Red Dragon mission to no earlier than… Read More

An engine for Mars: Aerojet wins $67M NASA contract for solar electric propulsion

Aerojet Rocketdyne’s operation in Redmond, Wash., has won a $67 million contract from NASA to design and develop an advanced… Read More

Get your cycler to Mars: Buzz Aldrin lays out his plan to settle Red Planet in 2040

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Nearly five decades after his first spaceflight, Buzz Aldrin is still thinking about the next giant… Read More

Moon Village vs. Journey to Mars: Which space vision will the next president pick?

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Over the past eight years, the focus of NASA’s space vision has shifted from the moon,… Read More

Microsoft and NASA team up to create virtual Mars tour with HoloLens

Microsoft and NASA are bringing HoloLens to the masses – and bringing the masses to Mars – with a mixed-reality experience that will… Read More

ExoMars, the joint Russian-European mission to Mars, successfully lifts off

A Russian-made Proton rocket did its job on Monday, successfully blasting off and embarking upon a journey to Mars. Launched from… Read More

NASA comes up with plan to fix InSight Mars lander and launch it in 2018

NASA says it’s worked out a plan to redesign a faulty instrument on its InSight lander in time to send… Read More

Microsoft’s HoloLens headset wins rave review from astronaut Scott Kelly after year in space

After his return from nearly a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gave Microsoft’s HoloLens headset a big thumbs-up for… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025

SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four… Read More

Video inspired by ‘The Martian’ tackles real-life mystery: How to sleep in space

How do you get your Z’s in zero-G? Sleeping in space is one of the subjects tackled in a new video series from… Read More

Get a 360-degree view of that monster dune on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover

The 16-foot-high sand dune that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been skirting around on Mars looks even more imposing in… Read More

Speculation mounts over Elon Musk’s plan for SpaceX’s Mars Colonial Transporter

In the wake of SpaceX’s successful rocket landing, some of the company’s most ardent fans are guessing at the shape… Read More

NASA holds up InSight lander mission to Mars due to leaky seismic instrument

NASA says it’s putting off next year’s scheduled launch of its InSight lander mission to Mars until at least 2018,… Read More

For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions

After a 27-year gap, the U.S. Department of Energy has resumed producing plutonium-238, the radioactive fuel that powers NASA’s Curiosity… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Challenges in Getting to Mars and Back, YPOS at Wildlights, and more

A Mars landing in the not-so-distant future is a real possibility, thanks to the space race between NASA and private ventures. But… Read More

Want to be an astronaut? Here’s your chance – NASA says it’s recruiting

NASA is opening its doors to recruit a fresh batch of astronauts – and by the time the candidates finish training, they… Read More

Vegas breaks down the odds on manned missions to Mars, and it’s looking good for SpaceX

It’s true that Las Vegas will bet on almost anything — and this incredible breakdown on the odds of who will… Read More

Mars orbiter shows why ‘The Martian’ movie trek would be even riskier

Marooned astronaut Mark Watney takes a harrowing trek from Mars’ Acidalia Planitia to Schiaparelli Crater in “The Martian,” which took the… Read More