Inside Nasa's ambitious plan to get humans onto Mars in just 45 days in 'next giant leap'

NASA aims to get four people onto Mars in just 45 days within the next decade as part of "humanity's next giant leap."

The space agency ambitiously unveiled the "Moon to Mars Program Office" at NASA's headquarters in Washington, US, yesterday as it aims to explore human activity at the moon and Mars "for the benefit of humanity."

NASA also has bold plans to cut down the time it takes to get to Mars and reduce the risk for astronauts as the trips currently take seven months.