For decades, the idea of people living on Mars has felt like a distant fantasy, limited by the brutal cost of hauling ...

The race to Mars has quietly become the defining contest of twenty-first century spaceflight, pitting a state-backed Chinese ...

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 ...

Elon Musk and President Trump’s detente may benefit them, but restoring Musk’s influence and access to NASA funds offers little to the public; a Mars colony is costly, risky and misguided.

Perseverance, the aptly named robot that has been criss-crossing the planet Mars since February 2021, has collected numerous samples along its 30 km route. Assigned to explore an ancient river delta ...