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As one of four panels that will provide input to the steering committee of "A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars;" the Panel on Biological and Physical Sciences and Human Factors will ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- The idea of putting a man on the moon was a revolutionary proposal in 1961-- that ambitious goal was achieved in 1969. The last person to go to the moon was 46 years ago ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and steered by scientists at Penn State lays out ...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX has agreed to carry Italian experiments on its Starship megarocket during planned future missions to Mars, according to a new deal announced on Thursday. "Italy is going to Mars!" ...

A radio glitch Tuesday between the Phoenix Mars Lander and a Mars orbiter delayed the start of planned science experiments on the red planet. Mission leaders at the University of Arizona had hoped to ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthew Shindell, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) Living in today’s age of ...