19 April 2019
Mission to Mars by 2033 not viable says independent report
... would require NASA to make compromises between focusing on lunar landings and preparing the DST for the mission to Mars. All of this, the report finds, could be a stretch even if the monetary aspect of it all is not an issue; “we find...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
... developing a two million square foot city in Dubai that will become a working simulation of a complete Mars habitat. The Hope mission to Mars, due for launch in 2020. So, you’ve actually started creating that now? A number of initiatives fall...
22 July 2020
China's first Mars rover set to launch tomorrow
... to its Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island ready to liftoff with Tianwen-1, the country’s first Mars landing mission. Although Chinese officials have not officially publicised the launch date, public notices have been issued...
July 2014
Is there a space race or are India and China just coming of age?
... holds true in Asia now." China is steadily increasing its human space activities, India is mounting an ambitious robotic mission to Mars and several other countries are eagerly climbing the ranks Artist's impression of China's 'Yutu' rover, part...
29 July 2020
Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover 'go for launch,' says NASA
... States will become the third nation to embark on a mission to the Red Planet this month. China launched its mission to Mars last week named Tianwen-1 ("Questions to Heaven"). If China's mission succeeds, it will become only the second nation after...
20 January 2017
Winners and potential losers of the Obama and Trump administrations
... forward with military-focused initiatives.” While some speculate that projects geared towards aiding a mission to Mars, such as the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM), a program to send astronauts to visit an asteroid by the 2020s and the Space Launch...
