Mars

If humans do successfully colonise Mars, what kind of homes will they inhabit? They could do worse than Noah Hornberger's Queen B (Bioshielding) concept.

This Tuesday at 2:38 PM IST, India successfully launched its unmanned Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) from the First Launch Pad at the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (IRSO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) on the island of Sriharikota, atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25).

On October 8, three teams in various parts of the world participated in an unprecedented simultaneous test of three experimental spacesuits as part of World Space Walk 2013, which aims to set standards for developing suits for the future exploration of the planet Mars.

The winners of NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts 2013 Phase I awards have been chosen based on their potential to transform future aerospace missions by enabling either breakthroughs in aerospace capabilities or entirely new missions.

Given 50 problems related to space exploration and 48 hours in which to work, 9,000 people in 80 locations around the world created over 600 solutions, in the International Space Apps Challenge.

Researchers are developing a new fusion drive rocket engine that promises to make possible a manned spacecraft that could reach Mars and return to Earth in months rather than years.

Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, says that the missions to Mars by his company will use rockets powered by methane.

The Curiosity rover has taken its first drive on Mars.

NASA's Mars lander Curiosity has landed safely on the planet Mars.

Dutch company Mars One is planning an extremely ambitious (and perhaps unrealistic) way to land mankind on Mars and keep us there: a reality TV show.

SpaceX to build a fully reusable launch system that could dramatically reduce the cost of space missions.

NASA has announced a new deep space exploration system called the Space Launch System (SLS) that is designed to propel man to near-Earth asteroids and Mars.