NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside life-support systems instead of arriving only in cargo holds. The agency’s long-term ...

NASA’s Moon to Mars plan prioritizes risk management and safety through systems engineering, redundancy, and collaborative strategies with industry and government partners.

Why it matters: While not evidence of life, these discoveries show that ancient Mars had complex organic chemistry, ...

The first crewed mission to Mars is still years away, but preparations have been underway for a long time. And part of getting ready means knowing what astronauts need to do to survive when they get ...

Scientists show recycled human waste can unlock nutrients in Martian dust, offering a new path for farming on Mars.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More evidence that Mars was once a habitable, wet oasis not dissimilar to Earth has been found in the rocks scattered throughout ...

Our biggest obstacle might not be technological,” author Scott E. Solomon said of future life on Mars. “It might be us.” ...