NASA is sending its inflatable Mars Ice Home into space
Before astronauts ever venture to Mars, materials for a red planet habitat will undergo space testing. The inflatable...
UAE unveils plans for massive city simulating human settlement on Mars
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions...
NASA unveils plan to make oxygen on Mars
Future Mars colonists are going to need oxygen, and NASA has a plan to make it. Their Mars 2020 Rover will be equipped...
Scientists use Martian dust to 3D print tools
Food and transportation aren't the only aspects of a mission to Mars scientists must consider. Limited cargo space...
6 space farming projects that could save the human race
What will humans eat on Mars? It's a daunting question: the red planet's frigid average temperature is around negative...
President Obama says we'll be heading to Mars by the 2030s
President Barack Obama is setting his sights towards Mars. Recently, the president penned an opinion piece for...
Six scientists just completed a year-long simulated Mars mission
Around a year ago, six scientists entered a solar-powered dome on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii to study how...
Inhabitat's top 6 green technology and science stories of 2014
This year there was a range of technological innovations that could not only improve our lives but help save...
NASA planning to launch Orion test flight this week as first step towards Mars missions
NASA plans to launch the first Orion spacecraft this Thursday, in an uncrewed test flight that is the next step...
NASA Confirms "Impossible" Propellant-free Microwave Thruster for Spacecraft Works!
Designs for a device called a microwave thruster, which could power spacecraft without the need for propellant,...
United Arab Emirates to Launch Unmanned Mission to Mars by 2021
The United Arab Emirates just announced that it's setting up a Space Agency - and it plans to send an unmanned...
NASA Astronauts On Mars Mission Will Eat 100% Vegan Menu
As NASA gears up for its proposed manned missions to Mars in 2030, the space administration's Advanced Food Technology...
