Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant ...

HANKSVILLE, Utah (KUTV) — Researchers from as far as France and Canada are in southeast Utah for a Mars simulation. Past the Goblin Hoodos and through the town of Hanksville - with a population ...

HANKSVILLE, Utah — For generations, scientists and dreamers have looked to the skies and wondered what it would be like to live on Mars. This curiosity has led to the founding of the Mars Desert ...

Utah has a significant role, being the "factory" for the propulsion systems used by the SLS rocket. The new booster rocket ...

Rocks collected on Mars are expected to land in Utah. But first, a very special lab is needed to prevent a Martian plague. NASA hopes to land Martian rocks at the Utah Test and Training Range in 2033.

Take a 20-minute drive down Cow Dung Road, outside of Hanksville, Utah, and you’ll stumble across the Mars Desert Research Station. This cluster of white buildings—webbed together by a series of ...

As mankind inches closer to the first boot prints on Mars, several teachers from Utah got to experience a weeklong simulation that shows what it would be like to work and live on the red planet.

In the early 1970s, Utah tried to compete with states like California, Florida, New Mexico, Oklahoma and others — 27 sites in all — to be the home of NASA’s planned space shuttle program.

The Mars Desert Research Station. If mankind eventually sets foot on the planet Mars, Utah may be to thank for it. Because of southern Utah's similarities to the red planet, ...