"In the Moon Village we would like to combine the capabilities of different spacefaring nations, wi…

"Nobody did, really, because we've all been planet chauvinists. We've all believed people should li…

The thing that matters most about rocket fuel is a property called "specific impulse." I don't want…

The satellite would be launched with a mission of atmospheric and surface studies, sun-Venu…

It's kind of like building a railroad track, but it's not like it's time for Manifest Destiny and W…

Now, the moon may not hold as much sway over human reproduction. But without it, something else we …

"Beijing has not approved a plan to send humans to the moon," the report said. "In its 2011 white p…

In contrast, the US has turned its attention from the moon to Mars. Some spaceflight experts and en…

While the Mars One desire to get people excited about space travel again is noble - it has been mor…

"It will start off building just the most elementary infrastructure, just a base to create some pro…

Hadfield, who gained fame for tweeting pictures of space and performing his own version of David Bo…

What will we do when we get there? Aldrin has been asked many times what the first person's words o…

Ultimately, colonists may try to terraform Mars - a deliberate and unprecedented act of climate cha…

In anticipation of humanity's spread to the stars, an annual International Extraterrestrial Liberty…

Aghast at this backsliding, and still thinking it a failure of will, Musk began planning a Mars mis…

Musk has mentioned the potential to use domed greenhouses to grow food on the red planet and water …

As Mars warms, its frozen soil would thaw enough to release carbon dioxide, and more carbon in the …

"They were going to launch a payload, orbit Mars, and bring it back to Earth," he said. "For u…

It already seems like the two agencies do want to collaborate, since discussion of that possibility…

Of course, it's extremely difficult to foresee how manned missions to Mars that would cost hundreds…