27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
... entry orientation, as well as the back shell, or upper section. Like everyone else working on NASA’s next robotic mission to Mars, and anxiously awaiting some good news at JPL, Tice won’t know whether the landing succeeded for...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
... always includes an element of risk and we are keenly aware that 50 percent of all missions to Mars have failed,” Omran Sharaf, Project Director of the Emirates Mars Mission, said. If all goes according to plan, then the UAE will become the...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... Conference (GLEX 2021), Wang’s speech, themed "The Space Transportation System of Human Mars Exploration" included details of a first crewed mission to Mars that will liftoff in 2033. This will be preceded by a technology preparation phase, whereby...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
... shows that while space radiation imposes strict limitations and presents technological difficulties for the human mission to Mars, such a mission is still viable”, the authors write in their research paper. “Since the next solar max is coming...
23 April 2021
Mars rover instrument, MOXIE, extracts first oxygen from Red Planet
... into useable things: propellant, breathable air, or, combined with hydrogen, water.” A key objective of Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... flexibility, allowing ad-hoc production of parts as the need arises and is paramount for a logistically self-sustaining mission to Mars. Why we love lava Printing using lava may seem incredible, but is in fact an elegant and simple approach. ...
