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U.S. plans to return Mars samples face delays as China advances its own mission. Scientists and policymakers debate costs, timelines, and the role of sample return in future Mars exploration ...

Ultimately, Mars will test our biology more than our technology. Every gram of muscle preserved, every synapse protected, every cell repaired will be a triumph of physiology. Space may dismantle the ...

After years exploring the Martian surface, NASA’s Spirit rover eventually fell silent. Before communication was lost, it ...

Advocates for space science research are concerned about job losses and cuts to funding at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

How did Mars maintain surface liquid water billions of years ago? This is what a recent study published in AGU Advances hopes ...

But machinery used on the moon must function in low gravity, a vacuum and amid abrasive lunar dust. It must also survive the two-week lunar night of electronics-killing temperatures that plunge to ...

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing.

NASA lost communication with its MAVEN probe nearly a month ago, and efforts to re-establish a connection have been futile.

Max Space looks to set up in Exploration Park, where it will manufacture its innovative, expandable habitats designed for ...

"How do you get to Mars when the launch vehicle is not necessarily going to Mars?" ...