Indeed, von Braun had always dreamed of a Mars trip (von Braun 1953). Before that, in 1975, the Apollo - Soyuz manned spacecrafts carried out a historic space docking, which for many marked the end of ...

After von Braun’s visit was announced, some Ball State faculty openly opposed his invitation. Rumors began circulating of a planned protest.

For one, rotating space stations – whether they take the form of O’Neill Cylinders, Von Braun Wheels or Stanford Torii – can be spun up to the point that they can mimic Earth-normal gravity.

Unpacking claim famed rocket scientist 'predicted' in 1953 that Elon Musk would be leader of Mars The rumor stems from the writings of rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun.

A recent tweet by X user (@wildbarestepf), made on January 10, included Elon Musk's name and drew a connection to Wernher von Braun and his science fiction novel, Project Mars.

He became an associate professor there four years later and cofounded NASA's vaunted Jet Propulsion Laboratory. JPL has subsequently built and operated some of the most iconic spacecraft ever launched ...

Getting humans to Mars has been on the minds of leading scientists and engineers since the '50s, but for one reason or another, no one can manage it.

Along with private missions like the recent Intuitive Machines’ lander IM-1, several countries’ space agencies all have their eyes on the same real estate around the Moon’s south pole, where ...

This wasn’t von Braun’s first foray into developing plans for Mars travel. In the 1950s, he proposed a NASA trip to the Red Planet that involved 10 spaceships and 70 crew members.

von Braun's idea called for the in-orbit assembly of a lunar lander larger than the Saturn V rocket that came later.

India's upcoming space goals include a 2026 crewed mission, plus sending an orbiter to Venus and Mars, too.

Two companies are preparing for a 2026 launch of their first commercial robotic Mars lander mission, the start of what they plan to be a regular series.