14 March 2016
And it's off! ExoMars 2016 launches successfully
... Trace Gas Orbiter and its entry, descent and landing demonstrator module (Schiaparelli) is on track for its mission to Mars. “At this moment we are at the beginning of a long and exciting sequence of events today. Sending a satellite into Earth...
13 June 2016
NASA signs an agreement with United Arab Emirates
...future projects that contribute to exploring the Red Planet. Missions to our martian neighbour by NASA have recently come ...both parties and extend the reach of the UAE to Mars, as its current mission is limited to an unmanned probe expected to reach ...
11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... in the coming days. At a ceremony in Beijing today, Zhang Rongqiao, chief designer of China's first Mars exploration mission unveiled four new images of Mars that include the landing site panorama, the martian landscape and a selfie of the rover...
20 January 2021
"Mole" on NASA's InSight mission to dig no more
... successful: We’ve learned a lot that will benefit future missions to Mars and elsewhere, and we thank our German partners from ...The mole’s design was based on soil seen by previous Mars missions – soil that proved very different from what the mole ...
December 2014
Technology drives space exploration: we won’t make it to Mars without investment
... aboard the station, to the proving ground of a mission to an asteroid and, finally, to an Earth-independent mission to Mars. Groundbreaking space technologies will help enable these missions, stimulate the economy, contribute to the nation’s global...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... station on our natural satellite. We also know that NASA has expressed keen interest in sending a manned mission to Mars by 2030 even though such a programme would require considerable financing in return for disputable scientific gain (robot...
