09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
...unique, rewarding adventures and are interested in contributing to NASA’s work in preparing for the first human journey to Mars, click here to learn more and apply. Compensation for participating is available. More information will be provided during...
18 June 2020
Countdown to NASA’s new Mars rover launch
... and wind, and a ground-penetrating radar. Riding along, stowed under Perseverance’s belly pan, will be the Mars helicopter Ingenuity. Part of Perseverance’s mission is to collect samples to leave behind in caches that a future rover could collect...
22 March 2021
The first look at Ingenuity on Mars
... Marscopter to the surface of the planet. When NASA’s Mars 2020 mission successfully deployed the Perseverance rover on the Red ... that might be part of future robotic and human missions to Mars. Its first objective however, is just to last the night...
14 May 2021
China is about to land its Zhurong rover on Mars
... larger than the now-defunct Spirit and Opportunity rovers. It is powered by solar panels and is designed to study Mars’ climate, magnetic field, geological structure, and surface composition. Providing the landing is a success, Zhurong has a minimum...
06 September 2021
China develops prototype for its own Mars helicopter
... the Ingenuity team throughout its mission, having a drone on Mars to scout ahead of its rover has clearly paid off. Recently... science team. Few details about what China’s own Mars’ helicopter will be equipped with have been mentioned, other...
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 ...
