Trump could ditch US’ $93 billion efforts to return to the moon to fuel Musk’s Mars dreams - SpaceX founder Elon Musk has called the moon a ‘distraction’ and signaled a shift toward Mars
NASA has unveiled an ambitious plan to reach Mars before SpaceX, leveraging the Artemis program and a strategic Moon-to-Mars blueprint. This video explores how NASA's step-by-step approach includes building infrastructure on the Moon,
Since Dec. 7, 2024, the red planet has been making its westerly retrograde. But on Monday, that all ends, according to Space.com. Mars will appear to stand still in the night sky before it makes its regular eastward retrograde orbit through the solar system.
Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ago, however, liquid water flowed freely across the planet. And, while NASA's various Mars rovers have uncovered signs that such water once existed on Mars,
NASA's Perseverance rover continues to surprise the scientific community with its discoveries on the surface of Mars.
Elon Musk has called for the deorbiting of the floating laboratory that is regularly used by multiple nations as it serves 'little incremental utility'.
NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship moon program, according to people familiar with the changes, adding more uncertainty over the agency's space exploration trajectory as Elon Musk and President Donald Trump play up missions to Mars.
"I'll always remember the first time I saw those iridescent clouds and was sure at first it was some color artifact."
However, Isaacman made some of his most in-depth remarks yet on his vision to lead the space agency this weekend on the social media site X. Commenting on an image of Mars, it is notable that Isaacman chose to focus on the benefits of sending humans to the red planet.
Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars. In fact, the billionaire says it could happen within four years. He also says we could be living in a self-sustaining city on the red planet in the next 20 years.  About This Article  Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars.
NASA still views the moon as a stepping stone to Mars, even though Elon Musk has dismissed Earth's nearest neighbor as "a distraction."