April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
.... Crucially, SpaceX has learned that we do not need to find all the money needed to get to Mars in advance. The process of enabling Mars exploration – developing more efficient rockets and creating new industries like Starlink to pay for it – can...
09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
...-duration, ground-based simulation. The series of missions - known as Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog - includes three one-year Mars surface simulations based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The analogs will support research to develop...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
...With SpaceX founder Elon Musk racking up Starship prototypes as fast as he can build them in order to build colonies on Mars – work on SN20, or Ship 20 is currently in progress – and China suggesting it is also going to build a base on the Red Planet...
23 March 2026
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration Vol.3
... of interest due to the renewed promise of manned exploration of the red planet. If the promise bears fruit, The International Atlas of Mars Exploration may be ‘required reading’ for future Mars astronauts, especially those following the wheel tracks...
23 April 2018
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration, Vols 1 & 2
... have read the standard texts, this represents a different and probably unique way of looking at the history of Mars exploration. In general, the technique is to describe briefly what each mission did and to illustrate it with annotated maps and...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
... sulphate veins. A 360-degree view, known as the ‘McMurdo’ panorama, from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. The full significance of the presence of these veins, both at the rim of Endeavour crater and...
