November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
..., to pursue excellence. So what really is the next logical step for NASA? Is it to return to the Moon, or press forward to Mars? With shrinking space budgets, a lack of political will, and shortages of technological and medical knowledge, the compass...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... at the University of Copenhagen - has been used to simulate temperature fluctuations, UV exposure and the low pressure found on Mars. The essential question is, how can biotechnology support and benefit future space missions? To highlight that the...
20 November 2019
Insects on Mars, fungi on Venus. Evidence is presented for life on our neighbouring planets
... the ground. "The presence of higher metazoan organisms on Mars implies the presence of nutrient/energy sources and processes, food...then lofted into Earth’s upper atmosphere and blown to Mars and Venus via powerful solar winds, through microbes ...
21 November 2018
Jezero Crater chosen as landing site for Mars 2020 mission
... north of the Martian equator. Western Isidis presents some of the oldest and most scientifically interesting landscapes Mars has to offer. Mission scientists believe the 45-kilometer (28-mile-wide) crater, once home to an ancient river delta...
12 November 2020
ESA and NASA to partner on Mars sample return mission
...Review Board set up to review the multi-year Mars missions. The Mars Sample Return campaign foresees NASA and ESA launching multiple... to Earth. NASA has released the report of a Mars Sample Return Independent Review Board, which it established to ...
October 2015
How to 3D-print a habitat on Mars
... Challenge, which is open to entrants from across the globe. Teams put forward an architectural concept for a 3D-printed Mars base, with the aim of fostering the development of technologies necessary to additively manufacture a habitat using ISRU and...
