A new NASA-funded study has uncovered a critical ingredient for success in future deep-space exploration: the ability of ...

NASA's CHAPEA mission was a 378-day Mars simulation in a habitat in Houston. Scientists want to know what challenges astronauts will face on Mars, including extreme isolation. Crew member Ross ...

Whether it's to the moon or Mars, a NASA mission requires some essential preparations: designing and developing the ...

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.

Water is the essence of life. When scientists discovered permafrost ice caps on Mars’ north pole in 1976, the news immediately sparked speculation about potential life on the red planet. The later ...

NASA officials are revealing what life was like spending a year inside a Mars simulation and say the United States might reach the red planet by the "end of next decade." Commander Kelly Haston, ...

Four NASA volunteers successfully completed a 378-day simulated Mars mission, emerging from the 3D-printed Mars Dune Alpha habitat. The CHAPEA program aims to gather data on the challenges of ...

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live on Mars? NASA is looking for volunteers for a yearlong mission that will simulate what living on the red planet might be like. On Feb. 16, NASA put ...

The sandbox portion of the Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA has selected four crewmembers ...

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