The billionaire is in position to speed up plans for a voyage to the planet, with a potentially huge impact on SpaceX.

Elon Musk's ambitious Mars mission faces technical, logistical, and political challenges, raising doubts about its feasibility.

Hera spacecraft successfully tested its autonomous surface feature tracking system during a high-speed flyby of Mars, marking a crucial milestone ahead of its mission to explore the Dimorphos asteroid system.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested on a Wednesday episode of Senator Ted Cruz 's podcast that while humans may not find living aliens on Mars, they could uncover the "ruins of a long-dead alien civilization" when they arrive on the planet—potentially within the next five years.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the Starship rocket will make its maiden Mars flight by the end of 2026, with human missions possibly starting by

SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions yesterday — a days-long, privately funded orbital

As astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams acclimatize to Earth, the effects of being stranded in space for nine months, and their recovery, will give scientists a chance to improve preparations for long distance flights.

Elon Musk announces SpaceX's Starship spacecraft could launch to Mars as early as next year, with human missions possible by 2029 or 2031. Despite rec

Curiosity has previously discovered small organic molecules on Mars, but these recently found compounds are larger and would have require chemistry to reach a more advanced state to be produced. The finding is also good news for potential life hunters, as it shows that the indicators of life could still be around even after billions of years.