Since Viking 1 landed in 1976, humans have studied Mars from afar, relying on rovers and orbiters to analyze the planet. But ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The Panel on Atmospheric Science and Space Physics will identify 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 ...

Sending astronauts to the red planet will be a decades-long activity and cost many billions of dollars. So why should NASA undertake such a bold mission? A new report published Tuesday, titled “A ...

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Temple Beth El in Williamsburg was recently once again a forum for a Sunday lecture. This time it was Dr. Joel Levine, who spent 41 years as a senior research scientist in the Science Directorate at ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Planning process for current and future Mars exploration. The journey to Mars : a policy history / W. Henry Lambright -- Program management ...

What steps can be taken to safeguard future human missions to Mars? This is what a recent study presented at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting 2025 hopes to address as a ...

NASA is backing a new generation of nuclear rockets that could compress the months-long journey to Mars into a sprint ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and steered by scientists at Penn State lays out ...