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...
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...
09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
... into the cosmos, the astronaut experience will change. In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individuals respond under the rigor of a long-duration, ground-based...
March 2016
Space for art
... of our solar system NASA’s Mars exploration programme seeks to understand whether Mars was, is, or can be a habitable world. Missions like Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers, Mars Science Laboratory and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, among many...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
...already on board to protect the crew of long-distance missions to Mars. Supplies, equipment and launch and re-entry seats, ...Orion capsule. The vest is due to be tested on the Orion mission scheduled to orbit the Moon in late 2018. It will be attached ...
