Mars

These are the 40 Who Might Die on Mars

200,000 people applied to be one-way colonists to Mars. Now they're being whittled down to 40.

8 years ago

Mars at Closest Earth Approach Over SpaceX Recovered Falcon 9 at Sea – Photo

PORT CANAVERAL, FL - As you may have heard its Mars opposition season. What you may not have heard is…

8 years ago

Elon Musk Is Sending Humans To Mars In 2024

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has announced his ambitious plan to get humans to Mars by 2024.

8 years ago

Mars At Closest Point To Earth in 11 Years May 30, 2016

Mars is reaching its closest point to Earth in 11 years, and will be a delightful to amateur astronomers.

9 years ago

Space Weather Causing Martian Atmospherics

A mysterious plume seen on Mars four years ago may have been caused by the impact of a large solar…

9 years ago

Massive 400 Ft. Tsunamis On Ancient Mars

Impact events on Mars 3.4 billion years ago triggered massive tsunamis that reshaped the coastline of the ancient Martian ocean.

9 years ago

SpaceX Calls In The Lawyers For 2018 Mars Shot

The focus of space exploration, and exploitation, has long been the technologies required. But there's a legal aspect to space…

9 years ago

Hubble Telescope Zooms In On Mars

The Hubble Space Telescope gets in the act with a spectacular new close-up of Mars taken just days before opposition.…

9 years ago

Orbital ATK Proposes Man-Tended Lunar-Orbit Outpost by 2020 for Link Up with NASA’s Orion

Orbital ATK has unveiled a practical new proposal to build a near term man-tended outpost in lunar orbit that could…

9 years ago

Winged Telescope Detects Martian Atomic Oxygen

The airborne observatory SOFIA has detected atomic oxygen in Mars' upper atmosphere. It's been 40 years since oxygen has been…

9 years ago