.... NASA envisions SEP as usable for moving large elements through deep space for future missions, eventually transporting cargo to support a human Mars mission. The commercial spacecraft industry is also interested in advanced SEP for use in their...
...synergistic human exploration systems requiring increased autonomy such as medical care and vehicle health management to achieve Mars missions. Astronaut Nicole Stott, Expedition 20/21 flight engineer, working with the Mice Drawer System (MDS) in the...
... 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...
..., 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...
... 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...
... 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...