Medicine & TechnologyExperts say bringing people to Mars is probably still decades out despite Elon Musk's plan to bring them to the Red Planet due to different factors at hand.
The NASA Perseverance Mars rover is expected to land on Thursday, Feb. 18 at 3:55pm EST. After a 292.5 million mile journey that began on July 30, the Mars rover will finally touch down on the red planet this afternoon on the U.S. eastern time zone.
A scientist from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) proposes a new timeline for Mars terrains, suggesting that ancient water bodies' effect on the planet's surface is older than previously thought.
The Hope craft launched by the United Arab Emirates has successfully reached Mars orbit after seven months. Next up are Tianwen-1 from China and Mars 2020 from the US.
Since 2015, NASA has been engaging scientists and engineers to determine deposits of water ice on Mars that could be within reach of astronauts on the surface of the planet.
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency are teaming up to give $500,000 to ideas of food production in space under their joint program, the "Deep Space Food Challenge."
Solar Orbiter has captured a brilliant view of Earth, Mars, and Venus in just a single frame. European Space Agency shared the stunning video on the website.