No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never gets old for Mariek Schmidt.

Huge lights on either side of the helmet kept their faces visible during dark scenes. However, the perfect movie spacesuit has to be comfortable and sturdy enough for actors to make it through ...

One major example of this is when Martian plans to rescue Alexei Orekhov, a contact whose life is at risk because of Coyote's capture. Those scenes on The Agency illustrate the moral trade-offs ...

In the new sci-fi blockbuster movie "The Martian," there's a critical scene involving rocket fuel and an explosive fireball. The blast happens when astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon ...