Being the first person on Mars would be an incredible achievement; what challenges and discoveries await?

The Space Race was at its height, and alongside their manned flights the two superpowers ... what is being written up today as the first bug on Mars. When the lander collected Martian weather ...

Forget “one giant step for man”, the first person to step on Mars could be a woman – Alyssa Carson. The 18-year-old, who is one of the world’s youngest astronauts-in-training, speaks to ...

Earth and Mars are an average of 140 million miles ... For now, though, the question of who will be the first person to place their boots on the Martian surface remains a mystery.

A secret mission. A horrifying discovery. The countdown to terror has begun! In 2003 billionaire astronaut Eli Cologne began his journey through space to become the ...

One of the first men to orbit the Moon has told BBC Radio 5 Live that it's "stupid" to plan manned missions to Mars. Bill Anders, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 8, the first manned spaceflight to ...

In the latest instalment of our Future Chronicles column, which explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come, Rowan Hooper reveals how brain-computer interface let us travel to Mars via robo ...