Why do scientists and space agencies want to colonize Mars? One reason is that the planet has several Earth-like features, including polar ice caps and a day length similar to ours. Evidence of water ...

For decades, the idea of people living on Mars has felt like a distant fantasy, limited by the brutal cost of hauling everything from Earth and the difficulty of building safe shelters on a hostile ...

Newswise — EARTH – “The time for a human mission to Mars is now,” write the editors of “A One Way Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet,” a collection of articles published in book form this ...

Shortly before SpaceX’s initial public offering catapulted Elon Musk’s personal wealth over $1 trillion, the company’s founder declared that the goal of his rocket company is to “take the fiction out ...

Instead of going to Mars, a feat that Elon Musk now says is not as feasible as he was envisioning, SpaceX will focus on something way closer to Earth. Something that he himself called a 'distraction' ...

SpaceX filed plans to take the company public in paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission, offering rare insight into the finances of the aerospace giant owned by Elon Musk, whose ...