Elon Musk has presented Mars as an alternative to the moon missions several times. In 2016, the billionaire acknowledged that ...

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting ...

Proponents of going to Mars see peril and opportunity in Elon Musk's close relationship with Trump. Experts say just getting Americans back to the moon in the near future will be challenging enough.

NASA's Perseverance collects the “Silver Mountain” sample in Jezero, revealing geological secrets and possible traces of ...

While using the Moon as a stepping stone could be a more efficient approach, a direct Mars mission would be faster but far ...

President Trump launched the Artemis program to return U.S. astronauts to the moon for the first time since Apollo. Now, the ...

NASA is a methodical institution that plans its missions years or even decades in advance, enjoys a famously loyal workforce ...

The General Services Administration plans to cut its budget in half and ramp up monitoring of staff. And, Elon Musk could ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

Over the decades, as administrations have come and gone, presidents have repeatedly promised future missions to Mars, holding this up as a key goal for human space exploration. Never before ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) GEORGE H W BUSH: A journey to another planet, a manned mission to Mars. GREENFIELDBOYCE: That's the first President Bush in 1989, saying NASA should return ...