A workshop group of more than 60 individuals representing more than 30 government, industry, academic and other organizations has found that a NASA-led manned mission to Mars is feasible if the ...

Progress made during the next year or so will determine whether a private manned Mars mission can get off the ground in 2018 as planned, its organizers say. The pressure is on the nonprofit ...

The moon may be more of a stumbling block than a stepping stone on humanity's path to the Red Planet, one prominent researcher says. The perceived need to develop lunar infrastructure and ...

Progress made during the next year or so will determine whether a private manned Mars mission can get off the ground in 2018 as planned, its organizers say. The pressure is on the nonprofit ...

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin is eyeing 2040 for the first manned mission to Mars, noting that the red planet’s moon Phobos could play a vital role for astronauts. “I think that’s a good ...

But the applications are already rolling in for the first manned mission to Mars, the project team said Thursday. Speaking at the National Space Symposium here, members of the Inspiration Mars ...

Imagine a world where a trip to Mars isn't a sci-fi fantasy spanning years, but a manageable journey lasting mere months.

[Private Mission to Mars Explained (Infographic)] The two astronauts ... It should also lay the foundation for even more ambitious manned exploration of the solar system, they add.

After the Apollo program ended, NASA's manned spaceflight efforts ... the enthusiasm created by high-profile missions like the Curiosity rover on Mars and SpaceX's own vision for reaching the ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has openly shared plans to colonize the Red Planet over the years, and NASA has even set a possible manned mission to Mars in the 2030s. Of course, there are a lot of ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP Chris Impey, a professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, characterized Musk's vision of a manned mission to Mars as soon as late 2028 as "implausible," citing ...