January 2018
Shielding the human genome
...turned their attention to a second key biological problem that needed to be managed for humanity to be successful in its missions to Mars and beyond: how to mitigate the threat from microbial species that demonstrate increased pathogenicity and other...
November 2018
Being human in space
... micro- or zero gravity. But we should not forget that the psychology of being on a long-term mission is of vital important to the psyche. Missions to Mars, for example, will only be possible every two years with journeys taking up to seven months...
29 April 2016
SpaceX Announces Plans for Mars Mission.
SpaceX has announced its plans to launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft, nicknamed “Red Dragon”, to Mars on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle as soon as there's a new launch window for missions to Mars (spring of 2018). SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that “Dragon ...
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...
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...
