12 December 2017
Trump signs Space Policy Directive 1
...and from there to lay a foundation for a mission to Mars. Todays action by president Trump makes that recommendation official... footprint, we will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to Mars and perhaps some day to many worlds beyond,” said ...
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...
19 August 2019
Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway
...will ultimately translate that experience toward human missions to Mars.” Maxar’s power and propulsion element design ...next man to the Moon by 2024 in preparation for a human mission to Mars. SAMPLR will be mounted on a yet-to-be-named lander and will...
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...
10 January 2024
NASA announces delays to astronaut lunar missions
... is a long-term exploration campaign to conduct science at the Moon with astronauts and prepare for future human missions to Mars. That means we must get it right as we develop and fly our foundational systems so that we can safely carry...
