Lest you think that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has put his dreams of sending humans to Mars on hold, think again. In February, Musk announced that SpaceX would shift its focus from colonizing ...

Could tiny microbes help humans settle on Mars? Scientists are exploring how engineered organisms might support future space missions.

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Six Florida Tech students spent a week in a simulated Mars habitat in the Utah desert. The students conducted research on topics like plant growth, microbes, and crew dynamics. The mission aimed to ...

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You're in the lab analyzing Martian regolith samples within your cozy Mars habitat serving on the fifth human mission to Mars. The power within the habitat has been flowing flawlessly thanks to the ...