In short, SpaceX's success meant it wouldn't require any fancy new technology or breaking the laws of physics to land large payloads on Mars. "It turns out, we learned some new physics," Manning said.

If we're to land humans on Mars in the coming decades, we'll have to know what challenges await them when they get there.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, said the company could land a spacecraft on Mars three to four years from now. The suggestion was made as Mr. Musk appeared via videoconference on Thursday at the ...

A new radar instrument designed to measure nearby dust and debris could make spacecraft landings on the moon and Mars safer.

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the ...

Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to speed astronauts to Mars, but not until 2031.

President Donald Trump recently announced that the United States would work to land astronauts on Mars, preferably within the next four years — the extent of his presidential term. "A Mars ...

Scientists say they may have found the perfect landing spot for humans on Mars. A team from the University of Mississippi has ...

Ten years ago today, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover successfully commenced its mission to explore the possibility of life on mars. Here's what it has discovered.

Fresh from his SpaceX company’s rescue of astronauts stranded on the International Space Station, inventor Elon Musk is already looking at building a sustainable city of 1 million people on Mars ...

Narrowing down the location of buried ice on Mars could help the space agency decided where to land its astronauts on future missions.