NASA has quietly taken a major step toward crewed missions to Mars by selecting four people to live and work in a sealed, ...

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Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central ...

Four volunteers are spending a year in NASA's 3D-printed Mars habitat, simulating life on the Red Planet. This mission, ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

"Sporosarcina secretes natural polymers that nurture mineral growth and strengthen regolith, turning loose soil into solid, concrete-like material," the spokesperson writes. "We envision this ...

CHAPEA mission 2 crew members (from left) Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, Matthew Montgomery, and James Spicer pose in front of the ...

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NASA is in the early stages of planning for the first ever human mission to Mars. That's not set to happen until 2030, but NASA has already unveiled a Mars-simulation habitat where four volunteers ...

Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog is the fancy term American agency NASA uses to describe a program meant to completely cut off a group of people from the outside world, in an attempt to ...