24 October 2019
SpaceX confirm plans to build cities on the Moon and Mars
...there however. The company plans to build propellant depots on Mars and utilise in situ resources in order to provide basic... Wooster´s statements pan out as suggested then SpaceX could make Mars home to vast swathes of people long before NASA gets the...
13 November 2019
Curiosity uncovers oxygen mystery on Mars
...tantalising correlation between methane and oxygen for a good part of the Mars year," Atreya said. "I think there's something to it. I ...still a lot of work ahead for the SAM team and Mars’ atmospheric gases will be continued to be monitored so that...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
... Lockheed Martin’s programme manager over the production of the Mars 2020 aeroshell, both the heat shield, or lower section... similar ordeal during the descent of NASA’s InSight probe to Mars’ surface in 2018, including the time lag for confirmation of...
06 November 2020
The Moon could have a long-lost "twin" in orbit around Mars
... became lunar-like in composition through millions or billions of years of space weathering. Alternatively, the object came from Mars itself. “The shape of the 101429 spectrum tells us that it is rich in pyroxene, a mineral found in the outer layer...
21 May 2021
New study suggests organic salts are likely present on Mars
... organic salts if they are present in sufficient amounts. “If we determine that there are organic salts concentrated anywhere on Mars, we’ll want to investigate those regions further, and ideally drill deeper below the surface where organic matter...
20 September 2021
Best time for a human Mars mission? During a solar maximum, new study says
...With SpaceX founder Elon Musk racking up Starship prototypes as fast as he can build them in order to build colonies on Mars – work on SN20, or Ship 20 is currently in progress – and China suggesting it is also going to build a base on the Red Planet...