12 August 2015
The 10th Anniversary of NASA’s Mars Orbiter and the path to a manned Mars mission
...“ambassador,” galvanising both the public and the space community in the effort to launch an eventual manned mission to Mars. It’s going to be a long and risky journey. But spacecraft like the MRO have shown us that a) It is possible and b) It is ...
18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
... will be equipped with a suite of cameras and a microphone. Microphones have been used on previous missions to Mars, but have never actually been used on the surface of the Red Planet. "This will be a great opportunity ...
28 September 2016
Yorkshire mines to help shed light on life on Mars
... the mine will allow us to investigate them in much greater detail helping us to plan the targets for future missions to Mars,” continued Edwards. If the instrument is a success, then it is not only the ExoMars programme that will benefit...
18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
... University of Hawaii facility and the research will prove invaluable if and when the time for an actual mission to Mars gets the go ahead. "There are certainly human factors to be figured out, that's part of what HI-SEAS is for...
08 February 2021
UAE Hope probe poised to enter Mars' orbit tomorrow
... always includes an element of risk and we are keenly aware that 50 percent of all missions to Mars have failed,” Omran Sharaf, Project Director of the Emirates Mars Mission, said. If all goes according to plan, then the UAE will become the...
22 March 2021
The first look at Ingenuity on Mars
... data could enable other advanced robotic flying vehicles that might be part of future robotic and human missions to Mars. Its first objective however, is just to last the night. In order to work, Ingenuity has to survive frigid temperatures...
