Mission To Mars

Elon Musk's improved Big Falcon Rocket design could help humanity reach Mars

Space X CEO Elon Musk not only provides details on the BFRs updated design but, importantly, presents a plan for how to pay for it.

NASA is developing technologies to shield humans from radiation during pioneering missions to Mars

Space radiation is quite different and more dangerous than radiation on Earth.

China to build simulation of a Mars base as a cultural and tourist experience

The base will be established in northwest China, and will act as an educational experience of future settlements on the Red Planet.

Nasa designs inflatable greenhouses for use on manned missions to the Moon and Mars

Nasa designed-greenhouses will grow crops and at the same time clean the air, forming a critical component of the life support system on Mars and the moon

Man's mission to Mars: All you need to know about Nasa's Orion spacecraft

The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast off on Thursday in what Nasa hailed as a first step in mankind's journey to Mars.

Full text: Flipkart's Bansals say 'we're sorry' after outrage over Big Billion Day

After the disaster that was Flipkart's Big Billion Day sale yesterday, the e-commerce giant's co-founders, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, put out an official apology today.<br />

Discounts pour in: Customer is king this Diwali as Flipkart, Amazon battle

Customers are the ultimate beneficiaries - who will mind deep discounts, just before Diwali?

India reaches Red Planet, but at home red tape binds space firms

As India celebrated becoming the first Asian nation to reach Mars, SM Vaidya, head of business at conglomerate Godrej's aerospace division that made the spacecraft's engine and thruster components, sounded surprisingly downbeat.<br />

NASA warned that its mission to send humans to Mars could fail

The US space agency NASA has been warned that its mission to send humans to Mars will fail unless its revamps its methods and draws up a clear, well-planned strategy to conquer the red planet.