The mission to colonize Mars has captured the imagination of scientists and enthusiasts alike. With NASA and SpaceX leading the charge, the once distant dream of establishing a human settlement on the ...

Elon Musk announced at Starbase, Texas, that SpaceX aims to launch its first uncrewed mission to Mars by late next year using the fully reusable Starship system. His long-term goal is to build a ...

NASA and Elon Musk are racing toward the same destination, but they are not running the same race. While SpaceX talks in terms of the next launch window, NASA is quietly building a layered campaign of ...

SpaceX announced plans to create a reusable spacecraft that would take people to Mars. According to AccuWeather, the company's CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company's "Interplanetary Transport System for ...

There are substantial technical, political, and financial obstacles to starting the colonization of Mars within the next few decades. SpaceX is farther along than most toward this ambitious goal.

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 ...

If thousands of quakes are rocking the northern part of Mars during its summer, then, presumably, only its southern hemisphere may be a relatively safe place to establish a self-sustaining human ...