NASA has quietly taken a major step toward crewed missions to Mars by selecting four people to live and work in a sealed, 3D-printed habitat for 378 days. The mission is designed to mimic the ...

Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers. Ross Elder, an ...

Astronauts on extended missions to the surface of Mars and the Moon will require food systems that are completely independent of Earth. To address this, NASA is running the new Deep Space Food ...

A U.S. Air Force test pilot is one of four volunteers selected for a yearlong NASA Mars mission simulation. The crew will live for 378 days in a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space ...

FUTURE space colonists could live inside giant 3D-printed homes on the Moon and Mars – and we might already know what they’ll look like. A Nasa Centennial Challenge tasked star-gazing designers with ...

This video from NASA shows just how much space the crew of four will be sharing during their year-long mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Future plastic habitats on Mars could be created from locally grown algae that could then host more algae-growing operations. The first step of such a circular system has been shown to work in ...

NASA has launched a global competition, offering up to $750,000 for designing a self-sustaining meal plan suitable for ...

There's even a giant 'lander robot' that scurries across Martian surface FUTURE space colonists could live inside giant 3D-printed homes on the Moon and Mars – and we might already know what they’ll ...