SpaceX is planning a groundbreaking mission to Mars in March 2026. The humanoid robot Optimus will be onboard the Starship ...

This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In winter the temperature at the poles of Mars can reach 200° below zero Fahrenheit. But make no mistake: The red ...

The robotic rotorcraft mission aims to target a region on Mars known as Eastern Noctis Labyrinthus. This region is a mosaic ...

He says astronauts will need to be more autonomous on Mars, given that it takes 20 minutes to send a message from there to mission control — too long, for example, if a crewmate's heart ...

President Donald Trump's pick to lead NASA will tell senators on Wednesday that the agency will prioritize an astronaut ...

A space exploration mission to study an asteroid that NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into three years ago has taken stunning bonus images of Mars and its moon Deimos en route to its final ...