Newsmaker of the day: Chris HadfieldNewsmaker, Dec. 9: Canada’s most famous astronaut calls for a permanent lunar base, rather than a move to Mars
Boeing and SpaceX to ferry astronauts to space stationThe two winners have won contracts to deliver U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station starting in 2017
Red dawnMars used to look like cottage country. This year, we may find out what turned it into a barren wasteland.
So there’s no life on Mars — that just means there’s more room for usColby Cosh on the Martian takeover of the American space-exploration agenda
Dreaming of life on MarsA surprising number of Canadians are itching to visit the Red Planet -- and never come back
Life on MarsJohn Grotzinger talks about once-flowing rivers, the drinkable water—and when we’ll walk on the red planet
(Married) life on Mars: Did you try to kill me again last night, dear?Being locked in a space capsule for 501 days, says Scott Feschuk, can give you the ‘us time’ you’re craving