The prospect of living on other planets, easily achieved in fictional Hollywood productions, isn't so simple for the scientific community. The amount of research and data it takes to accomplish such a ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that certain lichen species can survive Mars-like conditions, including exposure to ionising radiation, while maintaining a metabolically active state ...

NASA has officially unveiled the four-person crew chosen for its second CHAPEA mission — short for Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog — a 378-day simulation of a human mission to Mars.

NASA has begun its first long-duration Mars simulation by sealing a four-person crew inside a 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space Center for an entire year. The mission is designed to study isolation, ...