NASA and others have been wanting to get humans to Mars for decades at this point. However, actually getting us there is still far from feasible, despite all of Elon Musk's talk about putting boots on ...

Why water ice is suddenly central to Mars base design For decades, mission concepts treated water as something to ship or mine in small quantities, but the emerging architecture for Mars assumes it ...

When Elon Musk founded SpaceX (which is currently one of the most valuable private companies in the world), he did so with the dream of setting up colonies on Mars. A lofty goal, mostly because we've ...

NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in robotic missions and a nuclear-powered spacecraft to bring a slew of ...