While looking for a safe place to weather the cold Martian winter, the rover Opportunity spied something protruding from the Mars regolith -- something it's never seen before.
A green thumb and a little flair as a gourmet chef may be among the key skills for the first men and women who travel to the Red Planet later this century, according to one scientist.
Are we all Martians?
The vision of a joint US and European mission to Mars faces a radical rethink as the US admits its funding will come up $1bn short.
A new word is launched in Russia: a Marsonaut. The six members of the simulation programme for a visit to Mars have started the third phase of the experiment, namely a Mars landing followed by the first Mars walk. The Russian flag...
The US company SpaceX is working on the first-ever reusable rocket to launch to space and back, with the goal of one day helping humans colonize Mars, founder Elon Musk said Thursday.
