24 September 2021
New reactor could turn Mars' atmosphere into rocket fuel
...Science assistant professor Jingjie Wu "It's like a gas station on Mars. You could easily pump carbon dioxide through this reactor and produce... materials. Then maybe one day we could live on Mars." But the idea of converting CO2 to another gas ...
29 July 2020
Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover 'go for launch,' says NASA
... landed missions, which established that the dry, cold Mars we see today was much warmer and wetter billions...mission to the Red Planet this month. China launched its mission to Mars last week named Tianwen-1 ("Questions to Heaven"). If China's mission...
23 February 2021
NASA releases first audio recording of Mars and stunning landing video of Perseverance
..., showing some of the rover’s intense ride to Mars’ Jezero Crater. The footage from high-definition cameras ...of the rover operating on the surface. “For those who wonder how you land on Mars – or why it is so difficult – or how cool it would be to ...
17 May 2021
China's Zhurong rover touches down on Mars
...of Utopia Planitia, a vast plain on the northern hemisphere of Mars, at 7:18 am (Beijing Time), the China National Space Administration... letter was read. The touchdown of Tianwen 1 on Mars was the latest example of China's rapidly expanding presence ...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... himself called it a “critical achievement” for the humankind’s future in space, citing it as a first step towards the colonisation of Mars. Similarly, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin was the first to succeed in landing a complete rocket back in 2015. Bezos...
27 May 2016
Scientists reveal Mars is emerging from an ice age
... about 400,000 years ago. Models have suggested that Mars has undergone ice ages in the past, but observations ...Institute in Tucson, Arizona. The retreat and regrowth of polar ice on Mars is due to the increased tilt of the planet. As poles become ...
