US President Donald Trump wants to tap the private sector to pave the way for human missions to Mars in a proposal that closely aligns with the goals of Elon Musk.

The US government proposes a $1 billion investment in Mars exploration and over $7 billion for lunar missions, prioritizing human spaceflight and private sector partnerships.

The Starship rocket did not achieve some of its most important testing goals, bringing fresh engineering hurdles to CEO Elon Musk's increasingly turbulent Mars rocket program.

After back-to-back Starship upper stage failures, SpaceX on Tuesday again launched the world's most powerful rocket, but faced new problems.

The next phase of testing is set to begin for NASA's crewed Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon, the administration announced Thursday, and will serve as a foundation for travel to Mars.

Barrett and MARS were chosen to develop a 30mm grenade rifle system for the Army, offering advanced targeting and firepower to replace legacy launchers under the Precision Grenadier System program.

The conference will be held on May 28 and May 29 in Washington, D.C., with panels available via live webcast online.

China launches spacecraft to collect samples from asteroid near Mars - China's space agency says the mission aims to ‘yield groundbreaking discoveries’

A new program at Texas A&M University will charge doctors with discovering more about the effects of long-duration space flight.

China's space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars.