January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... around the Moon where NASA will test and verify technologies and processes needed before executing missions to Mars. Using a more powerful Exploration Upper Stage, Block 1B will have the capability to loft 105 metric tons...
19 October 2015
Scott Kelly, Mikhail Kornienko, long-duration spaceflight and the human body
... Institute’s website. Yet as humanity continues to yearn for more space exploration – particularly when it comes to a manned mission to Mars – experiments such as the one Kelly and Kornienko are participating in become more and more important. After...
06 January 2020
New evidence suggests that Venus has active volcanoes
... surface and provide concrete evidence of its activity.” Venus might not be the number one destination for missions like Mars is, but there a few projects lined up to learn more about the planet’s atmosphere and surface conditions...
17 December 2024
NASA seeks to continue human presence in orbit post ISS
... development of requirements for future commercial space stations that will support NASA’s missions, while reducing risk for human missions to Mars, preserving operational skills, advancing critical scientific research, and sustaining engagement with...
02 April 2020
Thousands Apply to Join NASA’s Artemis Generation, #BeAnAstronaut
... interest to take part in America’s plans to explore the Moon and take humanity’s next giant leap – human missions to Mars. Applications were received from every US state, the District of Columbia, and four US territories. However, the process...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... also have sufficient capability to perform interplanetary exploration, such as with NASA’s recent launch of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) flyby mission to Mars. And with the burgeoning interest in asteroid mining, a disruption in the mining sector may...
