Each name that traveled with NASA's InSight lander to Mars collected about 300 million frequent flyer miles.

You can now send a souvenir with your name on it to Mars

Name on Mars

NASA is offering the public something truly unique: an opportunity to send thier names to the surface of Mars, "stenciled on chips."

You Can Now Send a Souvenir With Your Name on it to Mars

NASA's Martian "boarding pass" even gets you frequent flyer points.

"It’s not just about getting to the planet. It’s also about being able to stay there and to build a big civilization."

Want to terraform Mars? This game gives you the chance

Turn Mars Green

A new update to the city-builder video game Surviving Mars allows the player to terraform the Red Planet, turning it green.

Want to Terraform Mars? This Game Gives You the Chance

What if we no longer thought of Mars as the Red Planet?

"If we eventually come to inhabit multiple worlds scattered across the gallery, over time, we may see the evolution of a plethora of new human species."

Evolutionary biologist: Mars colonists will mutate really fast

Off World

As we move closer to colonizing Mars, one evolutionary biologist wonders: how will humans evolve to cope with life on the Red Planet?

Evolutionary Biologist: Mars Colonists Will Mutate Really Fast

Human life — and genetics — will never be the same for Mars' future inhabitants. 

"When it is summer in the southern hemisphere, at certain times of day water vapor can rise locally with warmer air masses and reach the upper atmosphere."

Surprising discovery: Mars is leaking hydrogen from water vapor

Drying Up Mars

A team of researchers discovered the unusual way in which water cycles on Mars. It's a clue as to why Mars turned into a dry and desolate place.

Surprising Discovery: Mars Is Leaking Hydrogen from Water Vapor

Researchers believe that's how Mars lost most of its water.

The astronaut sees the Moon as a stepping stone.

Buzz Aldrin calls for "great migration of humankind to Mars"

Pack Light

In an op-ed for The Washington Post, astronaut Buzz Aldrin urges America's leaders to chart a path to put humans on Mars — and not just a few of us.

Buzz Aldrin Calls For “Great Migration of Humankind to Mars”

"We explore, or we expire. That is why we must get on with it."

The hydroponic structure could allow astronauts to grow their own food on the desolate Martian surface.

This Martian greenhouse concept just won a NASA award

Martian Greenhouse

A team from Dartmouth University won NASA's 2019 BIG Idea Challenge today for their futuristic design of a dome-shaped Martian greenhouse.

This Martian Greenhouse Concept Just Won a NASA Award

Up to eight different food crops could sustain four astronauts over 600 days on Mars.

NASA's InSight Mars lander just recorded its first ever marsquake

Marsquake!

NASA's InSight lander showed off a recording of "faint rumbles" that "appear to have come from the inside of the planet — in other words, a Marsquake.

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Just Recorded Its First Ever Marsquake

A NASA scientist said the finding "officially kicks off a new field: Martian seismology."

"From the very beginning, I've been opposed to this."

China is sending teens to a simulated Mars colony

Mars High

It sounds like the premise to a young adult novel: a totalitarian government sends its kids to a special facility to train them for life at a Mars colony.

China Is Sending Teens to a Simulated Mars Colony

The teens will wear mock space suits while they explore the Mars-esque landscape of the Qaidam Basin.

Scientists are trying to figure out how to grow grapes on Mars

Space Booze!

Scientists from Georgia developed a way to convert Martian dirt into fertile soil, and also learned which wine grapes are most likely to survive up there.

Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out How to Grow Grapes on Mars

Mars needs wine moms.

"There is an exploration gene in humanity — whether it's getting to the top of Mount Everest or probing the reason for existence or exploring our solar system."

Here's how NASA dreams up robotic arms for landers

InSight Robotic Arm

To find out what it takes to manipulate a robotic arm on the surface of Mars, Futurism talked to Al Tadros, VP of Space Infrastructure at SSL.

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