A non-profit organization that aims to land four astronauts on Mars in 2023 has signed its first deal with a supplier for the ambitious space colonization effort. The Netherlands-based Mars One has ...

Huge numbers of people on Earth are keen to leave the planet forever and seek a new life homesteading on Mars. About 78,000 people have applied to become Red Planet colonists with the nonprofit ...

Cooperative personalities will go a long way to a sustainable community on the Red Planet. When it comes to building a sustainable settlement on Mars, the technological and engineering challenges are ...

How many humans would it take to run a long-term Mars outpost? It’s a fascinating question that’s deceptively difficult to answer given the sheer number of variables, from the logistics of breathable ...

A technologically mature colony on Mars can produce and deliver at least 1 million tons of liquid hydrogen per year to one or more propellant depots at Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Production of 1 kg of ...

Former President Barack Obama has been out of the White House for more than seven years. But, on occasion, he still makes news and creates controversy. Obama recently appeared at a renewable energy ...

Biosphere 2 was a highly ambitious experiment to simulate a self-sustaining Mars colony in the Arizona desert. Eight men and women locked themselves inside for 2 years and experienced one incredible ...