One of the plotlines for season 4 of the hit TV series “For All Mankind” is an attempt to use a Mars colony as a base to mine the asteroids of the main belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It ...

Walking on Mars has shifted from science fiction to a tangible goal, driven by rapid tech advances and billionaire ambition.

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...

Human missions to Mars could be at risk after new research revealed that long-duration space travel can impact the structure of astronauts’ kidneys. Samples from more than 40 space missions involving ...

Former President Barack Obama has been out of the White House for more than seven years. But, on occasion, he still makes news and creates controversy. Obama recently appeared at a renewable energy ...

Can we use the planetary environment of Mars to help power a future colony on the Red Planet? This is what a recent study published in Device hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated how ...

He may or may not be buying MSNBC, but Elon Musk isn’t taking any put-downs from Neil de Grasse Tyson on his Mars ambitions. The entrepreneur responded today to deGrasse Tyson’s barbed comments on ...

Musk is set to speak to the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara. — -- Speculation is rife that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is about to detail plans to take humans to Mars within a decade ...