NASA’s roadmap to put humans on Mars hinges on new spacecraft, deep-space test missions, and breakthroughs in life support and propulsion. This video explains the three-phase plan, why the journey is ...

Traditionally, driving a rover on Mars is a slow and cautious process. Because Mars is, on average, 140 million miles (225 million kilometers) from Earth, commands can’t be sent in real time.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Mission NG-2 successfully launched a second mission from Cape Canaveral Thursday, carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft to Mars. The huge 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn ...

(CNN) — Twin spacecraft are set to take off on an unprecedented, winding journey to Mars, where they will investigate why the barren red planet began to lose its atmosphere billions of years ago.

On the outskirts of Houston, four people have been living a version of the future that most of us only see in science fiction. For more than a year, they have been sealed inside a mock Martian base, ...

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars. Launched on Nov. 13, 2025, ...

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live on Mars? NASA is looking for volunteers for a yearlong mission that will simulate what living on the red planet might be like. On Feb. 16, NASA put ...

The robotic mission plans to spend a year idling in an orbital backroad before heading to its target destination. The project is part of NASA’s SIMPLEx, or Small, Innovative Missions for Planetary ...