SpaceX’s Elon Musk teases ‘dangerous’ plan to colonize Mars starting in 2024 SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, is providing increasingly detailed previews of his plan to send colonists to Mars starting in… Read More
White House works out a process to clear commercial missions to moon and Mars After months of discussion, federal agencies are closing in on a process to approve commercial missions to other celestial bodies… Read More
NASA uses Microsoft’s HoloLens and ProtoSpace to build its next Mars rover in augmented reality We’ve already seen how Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed-reality headset is helping folks fight off aliens on the International Space Station and… Read More
Mega-tsunamis on Mars? Sediments show signs of giant waves from ancient ocean Liquid water is almost non-existent on modern Mars, but scientists say sedimentary deposits show signs that tsunami waves as high as… Read More
Holy Hubble! See a super-sized Mars get bigger than it’s looked for a decade For the next couple of weeks, Mars will look bigger than it’s looked in a decade! And no, this is… Read More
NASA’s chief agrees with author of ‘The Martian’: The first Mars crews will steer robots from orbit The first humans to reach Mars almost certainly won’t go down to the surface, but will manage fleets of rovers… Read More
SpaceX plans to start sending Red Dragon capsules to Mars as early as 2020 Update for March 22, 2017: SpaceX has shifted its schedule for the first Red Dragon mission to no earlier than… Read More
An engine for Mars: Aerojet wins $67M NASA contract for solar electric propulsion Aerojet Rocketdyne’s operation in Redmond, Wash., has won a $67 million contract from NASA to design and develop an advanced… Read More
Get your cycler to Mars: Buzz Aldrin lays out his plan to settle Red Planet in 2040 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Nearly five decades after his first spaceflight, Buzz Aldrin is still thinking about the next giant… Read More
Moon Village vs. Journey to Mars: Which space vision will the next president pick? COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Over the past eight years, the focus of NASA’s space vision has shifted from the moon,… Read More
Microsoft and NASA team up to create virtual Mars tour with HoloLens Microsoft and NASA are bringing HoloLens to the masses – and bringing the masses to Mars – with a mixed-reality experience that will… Read More
ExoMars, the joint Russian-European mission to Mars, successfully lifts off A Russian-made Proton rocket did its job on Monday, successfully blasting off and embarking upon a journey to Mars. Launched from… Read More
NASA comes up with plan to fix InSight Mars lander and launch it in 2018 NASA says it’s worked out a plan to redesign a faulty instrument on its InSight lander in time to send… Read More
Microsoft’s HoloLens headset wins rave review from astronaut Scott Kelly after year in space After his return from nearly a year in space, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly gave Microsoft’s HoloLens headset a big thumbs-up for… Read More
SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025 SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four… Read More
Video inspired by ‘The Martian’ tackles real-life mystery: How to sleep in space How do you get your Z’s in zero-G? Sleeping in space is one of the subjects tackled in a new video series from… Read More
Get a 360-degree view of that monster dune on Mars from NASA’s Curiosity rover The 16-foot-high sand dune that NASA’s Curiosity rover has been skirting around on Mars looks even more imposing in… Read More
Speculation mounts over Elon Musk’s plan for SpaceX’s Mars Colonial Transporter In the wake of SpaceX’s successful rocket landing, some of the company’s most ardent fans are guessing at the shape… Read More
NASA holds up InSight lander mission to Mars due to leaky seismic instrument NASA says it’s putting off next year’s scheduled launch of its InSight lander mission to Mars until at least 2018,… Read More
For the first time in 27 years, U.S. produces plutonium-238 to power space missions After a 27-year gap, the U.S. Department of Energy has resumed producing plutonium-238, the radioactive fuel that powers NASA’s Curiosity… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Challenges in Getting to Mars and Back, YPOS at Wildlights, and more A Mars landing in the not-so-distant future is a real possibility, thanks to the space race between NASA and private ventures. But… Read More
Want to be an astronaut? Here’s your chance – NASA says it’s recruiting NASA is opening its doors to recruit a fresh batch of astronauts – and by the time the candidates finish training, they… Read More
Vegas breaks down the odds on manned missions to Mars, and it’s looking good for SpaceX It’s true that Las Vegas will bet on almost anything — and this incredible breakdown on the odds of who will… Read More
Mars orbiter shows why ‘The Martian’ movie trek would be even riskier Marooned astronaut Mark Watney takes a harrowing trek from Mars’ Acidalia Planitia to Schiaparelli Crater in “The Martian,” which took the… Read More
Red planet vs. blue planet: Lori Garver looks ahead to Mars and the future of space If we want to send astronauts to Mars, we better find a way to do it within 10 years. And if we want… Read More
Destination Phobos: ‘Humans Orbiting Mars’ report goes public The nonprofit Planetary Society has laid out a detailed blueprint for sending astronauts to the Martian moon Phobos in 2033 and then… Read More
Mars mystery solved? Dark streaks linked to salty water trails For years, scientists have puzzled over dark streaks that appear and disappear on the surface of Mars – and now they’re… Read More
Reality check on ‘The Martian’ movie from a real astronaut: ‘Nerds rock’ “The Martian” isn’t due to hit theaters until Oct. 2, but the highly anticipated man-vs.-Mars movie is already sparking some… Read More
Computer crashes and Elon Musk, it’s been a wild first week for Stephen Colbert on ‘The Late Show’ Stephen Colbert took over what is arguably the most coveted spot in late-night television this week — but not without… Read More
Lost on Mars movie ‘The Martian’ starring Matt Damon shaping up to be the must-see movie this fall The official trailer for The Martian was released today by 20th Century Fox and does it look like a treat.… Read More
