January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
...Japan’s first H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV). After his mission, he chaired the technical committee of the second EU-...influence long-term survivability in space, for example for missions to Mars. Some of these aspects are of course linked to radiation, ...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
...problems and interactions (see Figure 7). The facility is aligned with ESA’s robotic exploration programme requirements for missions including Mars Sample Return. A critical aspect of its work involves the simulation and validation of plume-structure...
03 September 2015
Orion and NASA’s Mission to Mars at IAC 2015
...Manager. Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor on the Orion mission. "NASA is working to develop the capabilities necessary to ...spacecraft. This is the spacecraft that will take humans to Mars one day, and I’m looking forward to sharing where we ...
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...
