Manned mission to Mars

A vista from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity

That one-way ticket to Mars you were hoping for may not be such a good idea

March 27, 2015Science

The Mars One mission was once a media darling, but a critical MIT report has triggered a backlash against the project that even includes one of its own potential astronauts.

NASA technicians work on a Mars-bound spacecraft. Unmanned missions to Mars have mostly been successful, but the effort to sent a human being there is proving a harder task — and a harder sell.

Plans to put a human on Mars are a mess, says a new report. Should we even try?

June 20, 2014Environment