Although Musk recently explained on X that he first wanted to build a settlement on the Moon, this does not mean that he has abandoned the goal of colonizing Mars. He has merely postponed his original ...

Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

Everyone thinks The Boring Company is just about fixing traffic—but Elon Musk has much bigger plans. In this video, we explore how this underground tunneling company might become the foundation of ...

If humans one day settle Mars, they will need tools and parts to build structures on the planet. Carrying heavy, bulky supplies 34 million miles from Earth would be impractical. A better plan, says ...

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 ...

Around the world, people watched NASA's Artemis II mission in awe as humans returned to lunar orbit for the first time since 1972. As a physician and space medicine researcher, I watched life aboard ...