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China has launched another crewed mission into orbit, continuing the rapid expansion of its human spaceflight program. A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, sending three astr
If humans someday live on Mars, they probably won’t bring every tool, replacement part, or building component with them from Earth. They’ll have to make things there. New research from the University of Arizona suggests that might actua
private mission to Mars just moved one step closer to reality. During a livestream ahead of SpaceX’s attempted Starship Version 3 launch, the company revealed plans for a privately funded Starship flyby mission to Mars led by cryptocurrency
The future of farming on Mars may depend on something small, strange, and already living quietly beneath our feet on Earth. Fungi. A new review published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences explores how fungal organisms could help turn bar
Sometimes progress to Mars looks less like perfection… and more like controlled chaos. SpaceX completed the 12th test flight of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, and despite several engine failures along the way, the mission achieved
India is taking astronaut training underwater. Aaka Space has announced plans to build the country’s first underwater human spaceflight analog habitat, a controlled environment designed to simulate some of the psychological and operational cha
After more than 50 conversations with aspiring Martians, astronauts, scientists, analog crews, artists, engineers, and people imagining humanity’s future beyond Earth…we want to hear from you! What’s resonating most with you? What
Welcome aboard, Aspiring Martians A podcast and media platform exploring what it actually means to live on Mars someday. Not just the rockets. The people. The culture. The psychology. The everyday life of becoming multi-planetary. New episodes eve
Mars may soon get something every future settlement will depend on: Its own communications network. NASA has officially released the final request for proposals for the Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN), a new orbital relay system designed to s
One of the biggest questions about Mars isn’t whether humans can get there. It’s what the journey will do to the human body. New research from National Jewish Health examined astronauts from Axiom Mission 4 after 18 days in orbit and fo
High in the cold deserts of Ladakh, India is quietly building a place designed to feel a little like another planet. The Hope Habitat, a remote analog station developed by Protoplanet in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation’s
NASA’s Mars analog strategy may be evolving into something much bigger. During interviews today at Johnson Space Center, Aspiring Martians learned more about an emerging concept known as the Mars Exploration Analog (MEA), an apparent next step
The next Moon landings are starting to feel…real. At NASA’s Johnson Space Center, astronauts can now walk through a full-scale mock-up of Blue Origin’s future Blue Moon lunar lander cabin, the space where crews may one day live a
How much would it actually cost to start a city on Mars? According to testimony revealed during the ongoing OpenAI lawsuit coverage by Reuters, Elon Musk once said he needed roughly $80 billion to create a self-sustaining city on the Red Planet. T