The Fram2 crew will be the first people to observe the polar regions from low Earth orbit, and they'll work on experiments and projects designed to forward our understanding of long-duration ...

The HiRise camera is living up to its name, capturing a rare look at the veteran rover from way up in Martian orbit.

Although scientists believe Mars was once more Earth-like billions of years ago, the best hope of finding signs of life today rests in NASA's rovers, satellites, and future astronauts discovering ...

Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but ...

On a trip to Hong Kong, the American told the city’s students about his career in hopes of inspiring them to reach for the ...

Following a seven-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don ... a crew returning from Mars and after inserting themselves into low Earth orbit, they will look ...

Unlike missions in Earth’s orbit or on the Moon—where some protection from the planet’s magnetic field remains—a trip to Mars will leave astronauts exposed to solar radiation, galactic ...

A unique set of risks and challenges await the first astronauts on Mars. Deadly solar radiation ... than the standard dust particles found on Earth. Not only that, but previous analysis shows ...

an astronaut in the service of NASA, as the protagonist. Mr. Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday by traveling back to Earth in a spaceship after completing his seven-month mission in space.

After over seven months in orbit, astronauts Don Pettit, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner have returned to Earth aboard the ...

Mushrooms could offer a nutritious, delicious and sustainable food source for long-duration missions to the moon, Mars ... the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's ...

During the Apollo missions, astronauts ... Wang found that Mars dust is made up of many toxic components, including including silica, gypsum, chromium, and arsenic, among others. Although these ...