A NASA mission meant to test how living on Mars would stress and test a human crew ended on Saturday, with four volunteers emerging from more than a year in a 1,700-square-foot structure.

The planet is the seventh largest and is currently inhabited solely by robots. However, the space agency is working hard to ...

The success of this first CHAPEA mission paves the way for future simulations, with NASA planning two more year-long Mars analog missions in the coming years. Impact on Mars Missions These studies ...

Convention-goers will be able to get updates on the society’s Mars analog habitats in the Utah desert and the Canadian Arctic, and hear about efforts to create similar testing grounds in Africa ...

NASA scientists think life on Mars might be akin to Earth’s rock ... To sniff out these mysterious life forms, the Biologic and Resource Analog Investigations in Low Light Environments team ...

This story was updated to correct inaccurate position of Mars and Earth. Mars will appear its biggest and brightest this month when it reaches its closest position to Earth while simultaneously ...

And some sky-gazers will be able to glimpse a cosmic magic trick when the moon appears to pass in front of Mars. The full moon will be at peak illumination at 5:27 p.m. ET Monday but will appear ...