"We want to get to Mars. We don't want to stop there." Artemis II astronauts talk Moon and future Mars missions at SXSW 2025.

Trump again called on the United States to send astronauts to Mars in his speech to a joint session of Congress.

It’s been a lofty goal America's leaders have set their sights on for generations, and President Donald Trump kicked off his ...

President Trump set the U.S. on a path to sending astronauts back to the lunar surface during his first term. Lately he has ...

Sending astronauts to Mars is one thing - but getting them back home is the real challenge. NASA has developed an ambitious plan to return astronauts safely using new propulsion systems, in-situ fuel ...

NASA and its partners are pressing to speed up the timeline for the Artemis II launch that will fly humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years as the program competes with Trump ...

The race to Mars has intensified, with two major players leading the charge—NASA and SpaceX. NASA, a government-backed agency ...

For any space mission beyond low-Earth orbit, for example to the moon or Mars, the astronauts would be subjected to even higher doses of radiation, significantly increasing these risks to their ...

The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other ...

Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...