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 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...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
... is on the painstaking and unglamorous growth of a broadly based, sustainable space economy, one which can then take Mars exploration and settlement in its stride. The disadvantage with this approach, of course, is the relatively long timescale, and...
10 October 2015
NASA releases plan for Mars exploration
... Red Planet. NASA has published a new report, describing the next steps it has in view for further Mars exploration. Coming at the time of announcements that water may have existed for millions of years on the planet, “NASA...
