HOUSTON – Although we can’t yet send people to Mars NASA is getting in some practice. In June, four volunteers from outside of NASA with backgrounds in science and engineering will start a mission on ...

Four volunteers will spend the next 378 days in a simulation of Mars, facing harsh, realistic challenges in tight quarters under NASA’s watchful eye in preparation for a real-life mission to the red ...

A virtual reality challenge seeks to help prepare astronauts for Red Planet living. NASA opened a new Mars challenge today (Feb. 16) in partnership with crowdsourcing platform HeroX, along with ...

The idea of using artificial gravity isn't new. In fact, we've seen it as a staple of science fiction entertainment for years. But Elon Musk says he wants to take the sci-fi notion and make it real by ...