Lockheed Martin is aiming to place a space station around Mars and to land astronauts on its surface.
Elon Musk is hoping to land the first astronauts on the surface of Mars within as little as seven years.
The crew of six NASA astronauts has been living in a dome near one of Hawaii's largest volcanoes.
A new type of crumb-free dough mixture could help to improve the selection of foods available in space.
The two-hour spacewalk, which is set to take place on Tuesday, will aim to repair a broken data relay box.
The US space agency has decided against placing astronauts aboard its new rocket on its first launch.
A crew of astronauts will spend a year in orbit around the Moon as a trial run for a mission to Mars.
When complete, the gargantuan new rocket will be capable of carrying a crew of astronauts to Mars.
The US President has stated that he would like to see astronauts visiting Mars before the year 2021.
NASA partner Lockheed Martin is planning an ambitious mission to put astronauts into orbit around Mars.
NASA is considering whether to send a crew on its first integrated Orion, SLS flight around the Moon.
A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the space station while his twin brother remained on Earth.
The new design is lighter and less bulky than the spacesuits worn by the space shuttle astronauts.
The viral phenomenon has managed to make its way in to the zero-gravity environment of outer space.
Being 250 miles above the Earth hasn't stopped the space station crew from joining in with the festivities.
The privately-funded endeavour aims to revisit the lunar rover left behind by the Apollo 17 astronauts.
One of Thomas Pesquet's first tasks aboard the space station wasn't quite what he was hoping for.
Experts have warned that SpaceX's plan to fuel rockets while astronauts are on board could prove fatal.
Astronauts embarking on missions in to deep space could be at an increased risk of developing dementia.