A NASA spacecraft headed toward the asteroid belt will fly past Mars on Friday, aiming to get a boost from the planet's gravitational field and save some of the propellant it needs to complete the second half of a six-year voyage.

For future NASA missions to Mars, this new helicopter vehicle will be key to surveying the planet's surface for all sorts of resources, as well as safe terrain.

For decades, science fiction writers from Andy Weir to Ray Bradbury have vividly imagined what it would be like if humans were to step foot on the surface of Mars. Perhaps most famously, it was Bradbury's "Martian Chronicles" that painted a web of ...

We've been hearing from NASA about its plans for a moon base to keep a permanent human presence there. It could end up covering the size of a large city - and Mars is next in the agency's sights. Follow the latest below.

NASA Astronaut Dr. Stan Love joined the Gee & Ursula Show to talk about Artemis II and what is next for space travel. Listen to the Gee and Ursula Show every weekday at 9am on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM. Listen to KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM or go to MyNorthwest ...

Elon Musk isn't the only one who wants to go to Mars. As we learned earlier this month, Europe is keen on the idea as well -- and in a surprising coincidence, the European Space Agency (ESA) will seek Musk's help to get them there.

Artemis II inspired the public but the Trump administration wants to slash the science underpinning human spaceflight