A copy of the discretionary budget posted to the NASA website on Friday said that the change focuses NASA's funding on "beating China back to the Moon and on putting the first human on Mars." ...

“This proposal includes investments to simultaneously pursue exploration of the Moon and Mars while still prioritizing critical science and technology research,” said acting NASA Administrator ...

Federal law explicitly calls the moon a ‘stepping stone to reaching Mars.’ In other words, our path to predominance in space begins with the Artemis missions.” Cruz said Isaacman had his ...

Astronauts use oxygen in tanks in a closed system because there is very little oxygen on Mars and the Moon. Mars dust is very fine and electrostatic, meaning it can get stuck on spacesuit equipment ...