Mars landing

40th anniversary of the first fully successful soft landing on Mars' surface, by the Viking 1 spacecraft. First images from Mars' surface, here.

An energy source which could sustain life on the Moon for long periods has been designed by researchers.

The new series, Mars, mixes documentary and speculation to tell the parallel stories of fictional future explorers and the pioneers of today.

NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landing sequence infographic by Tony Bela

The technique could produce habitable regions on the red planet and potentially allow life to develop and thrive thanks to photosynthesis.

Explore Space Experience: Engineering for Space Summer of Discovery: Design and build prototypes for space. - January 12, 2023

NASA doesn't have protocols for dead bodies in space, but fallen astronauts could be released into the final frontier, buried in a Martian graveyard or eaten by surviving crew members.

Ever since SpaceX CEO and Bond villain Elon Musk announced his plans to establish a colony on Mars by the end of the century, the question on everybody’s mind has been, “What’s for space dinner?” Will it be all Impossible Burgers and 3-D printed beef? Will we establish dome farms on Ganymede? What about dehydrated Pizza Hut? According to a new article in New Space, a scientific journal on extraterrestrial entrepreneurship and innovation, the Martian food pyramid will consist of lab-grown