NASA has quietly taken a major step toward crewed missions to Mars by selecting four people to live and work in a sealed, ...

Four volunteers are spending a year in NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat, simulating life on the Red Planet. This mission, ...

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a Mars probe developed by NASA, launched in 2005 and has been conducting scientific observations of Mars since 2006. Caltech's Bruce Murray Planetary Imaging ...

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CHAPEA mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer pose in front of the ...

“This is a really important operational evaluation of human health and performance that NASA is doing in preparation to land the first humans on Mars. In CHAPEA, we mimic what is the Mars surface ...

NASA's second CHAPEA mission simulates life on Mars, studying the effects of isolation and limited resources on human health and teamwork.

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NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life, scientists reported Wednesday. They stressed that in-depth analysis ...