NASA has quietly taken a major step toward crewed missions to Mars by selecting four people to live and work in a sealed, ...

Models suggest that clear ice, sourced and distilled on Mars, could offer a feasible alternative for building stable off-world structures.

HOUSTON, Texas (WKRC) - NASA is looking for four people to live in its Mars simulation. According to CBS News,NASA wants four participants to live in a 3D printed Mars habitat to help the organization ...

Each CHAPEA mission involves a four-person volunteer crew living and working inside a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The habitat, called the ...

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first simulated Mars ...

NASA and America Makes jointly launched a $2.25 million competition to design a 3D-printed home for astronauts on Mars at last week’s Bay Area Maker Faire. The hope is that 3D printing and the ...

Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds and clothing. Anything else would have to come ...

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A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial ...