Elon Musk has repeatedly said he plans to put humans on Mars, yet the gap between that vision and reality remains wide. The obstacles are not just about rockets or money, but about biology, psychology ...

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One day, Mars might become a home to humans. But first, there’s the cinematic, sci-fi challenge of making the Red Planet suitable for life. There’s a problem, though: The typical person can’t get to ...

mars sitting on a field of stars - Eyeem Mobile Gmbh/Getty Images NASA has been working toward one of its most exciting and ambitious Mars missions – its goal of putting humans on the Red Planet – for ...

WASHINGTON — The search for past or present life should be the top science objective of future human missions to Mars, a new National Academies report concludes. The report, A Science Strategy for the ...

Ahead of a potential April 1 launch of the Artemis II mission from Florida, here's what to know about NASA's plans to one day send humans to Mars.