What if humanity’s next giant leap isn’t just a dream, but a countdown already in motion? Using current space agency plans, technological trends, and projected development timelines, this scenario ...

Scott Solomon is an evolutionary biologist. We spoke to him about what our descendants in future settlements on the Red ...

NASA aims to travel to the moon again—and beyond. Here’s a look at the 21st-century race to send humans into space.

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 ...

As I am writing this, American space company SpaceX is wrapping its head around how to safely launch the newest version of the Starship V3, for the first time, following the last-minute scrub on May ...

No single agency — not even NASA — can develop all the technologies and systems needed for sustained Mars settlement.

(Nanowerk News) The report, commissioned by NASA, identifies the highest priority scientific objectives for the missions as well as proposes four distinct mission campaigns designed to maximize the ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The first steps humans take on Mars will represent a culmination of hopes and dreams ...