The Panel on Astrobiology will identify the highest priority science objectives among the astrobiology disciplines to be addressed by humans on the surface of Mars. The Panel will specify how each ...

M-MATISSE could be the first mission to deeply probe Martian space weather, potentially revealing hidden threats and mysteries vital to future human exploration. Preparing to send astronauts to Mars ...

Alyssa Carson from Baton Rouge already goes by the callsign 'NASA Blueberry' - despite not yet having an affiliation with NASA ...

Commercial services, the human exploration of the Red Planet and international Mars ambitions are also flagged as paradigm shifts. "NASA is no longer one of the few with focused Mars exploration ...

Mars is a much better opportunity for scientific exploration than the moon “The moon’s great advantage, of course, is that it’s easier to reach and we’ve done it before.

Two new books explore Mars — and what it means to be human. Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars and The Sirens of Mars are apt ... Stewart Johnson’s The Sirens of Mars are both about exploration.

Asking the right questions. NASA formed a panel called the Human Exploration of Mars Science Analysis Group to plan the future mission. I co-chaired the panel, with NASA scientist James B. Garvin ...

For this latest paper, Dr. Holcomb’s team argued that the degradation of human artifacts on Mars is poorly understood compared to how artifacts degrade on Earth. Therefore, the team encourages ...

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the red planet seemed to be ready to give up some of its mystery. Astronomers ...

The Panel on Geosciences will identify the highest priority science objectives among the geosciences disciplines to be addressed by humans on the surface of Mars. The Panel will specify how each ...