August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... if another Scorpion (or a specialist boost stage) contributes to the initial heliocentric injection, then Mars and Venus orbits could be within reach. The Mars mission would have sufficient payload for specialised landing systems that would enable...
April 2025
Maximising returns to Earth - the infinite potential of space
... swift innovation of the private sector and focus on building a sustainable, forward-looking framework for Moon and Mars missions. Above all, he reminds us of the power of vision and the uniquely human drive to push beyond horizons - a drive...
01 January 2020
What has been in 2019 and what is to come in 2020!
..., the programme has been regularly blighted with reports of delays after delays. So too has its intended Mars mission. On a more positive note, both SpaceX and Boeing got their respective NASA financed Commercial Crew Program...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
... which Germany is contributing the eROSITA instrument. In addition, Germany has provided instruments for nearly every NASA Mars mission. An example of a very successful international project in which DLR participated is the European Rosetta...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... China’s splashed back into the ocean and the US made it only after losing quite a few Mariner Mars missions. On similar lines, ESA has established competencies in specific areas of planetary exploration, as has the Japanese Space Agency...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... together in their ‘spacecraft’ for this simulated Mars mission. In the context of mobile land-based expeditions...spent 520 days together in their ‘spacecraft’ for this simulated Mars mission. To some extent, findings from space are as inconclusive ...
