Thinking about food systems in deep space likely brings to mind something like The Martian where an astronaut is scratching ...

NASA’s Moon to Mars plan prioritizes risk management and safety through systems engineering, redundancy, and collaborative strategies with industry and government partners.

NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside life-support systems instead of arriving only in cargo holds. The agency’s long-term ...

Mars is not just a colder, dustier version of Earth. It is a planet soaked in high‑energy particles that batter rock, metal, electronics and human tissue alike. Measurements in deep space and at the ...

A problem with the Mars Antenna, a giant NASA radio dish in California, has disrupted the Deep Space Network's spacecraft communication efforts, as well as asteroid studies, since Sept. 16, 2025.

NASA has provided new details about its plans to procure a Mars communications orbiter funded under last year’s budget ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Coloe Fossae on Mars, a region marked by deep valleys and craters that reveals evidence of an ...

When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind the Red Planet on December 6th, ground controllers expected a temporary loss of signal (LoS).

A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on Wednesday. The legislation must still be approved by the full House before being sent to ...