What makes this idea so compelling is that it flips the usual Mars fantasy on its head. We picture astronauts planting flags, ...

Humans may not be the first to truly settle Mars. Robots are already being designed to explore places we can’t reach — from ...

Medical data from the Artemis II crew, after its 10-day mission around the moon, will be crucial if humans are to fly farther ...

Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed mission of the Artemis era, sent four astronauts on a sweeping journey around the Moon before ...

While we will have to wait a long time for samples collected on Mars to be returned to Earth, we do have Martian rock sent to ...

“We’ll be doing it again and then, next step, Mars!” Trump said, greeting the Artemis II crew after their splashdown on ...

Mars may be hostile, but it might not be entirely unlivable. In lab experiments, yeast cells survived simulated Martian shock ...

By all accounts, the Artemis II lunar flyby was a rousing success that will serve as a critical stepping stone to future ...

Scientists say caves on Mars and icy moons may host microbial life and serve as future habitats for astronauts to be sent to ...

When it landed on Mars in 2021, the Perseverance rover set out to collect roughly 30 samples of soil from the red planet. The ...

Astronauts aboard Artemis II have returned safely after a record-breaking trip around the Moon, proving NASA’s next-generation spacecraft is ready for deep space. The mission marks a major step toward ...

In a nation divided over war, immigration, elections and shutdowns, it took the Artemis II moon mission to unify Americans, ...