First stop Venus! NASA proposes using the planet to slingshot the first crewed Mars mission to save fuel and time NASA is eyeing the 2030s for the first crewed mission to Mars Now, scientist propose astronauts do a fly by of Venus along the way Astronauts could use Venus’s gravity to slingshot the craft towards … Read more
Hilary Swank plays an astronaut leading a mission to Mars in first teaser for new Netflix series Away By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 18:12 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 18:12 BST, 7 July 2020 As a two time Oscar winner, she’s one of America’s finest actresses. And Hilary Swank, 45, is turning her … Read more
Artificial intelligence will help scientists search for signs of ancient life on Mars and other planets thanks to work by NASA scientists in training the system. The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosalind Franklin ‘ExoMars’ rover will be the first to have the new AI system when it leaves for the Red Planet in 2022/2023. Allowing … Read more
NASA Mars 2020 mission is DELAYED again due to a contamination issue found in ground equipment NASA was forced to delay its Mars 2020 mission due to a contamination issue The new date is July 22 at 9:35 ET and the rocket will leave from Cape Canaveral This is the second time the launched was … Read more
NASA is set to fly where no one has flown before – Mars’ atmosphere. The American space agency is gearing up to launch its Perseverance rover along with a terrestrial helicopter this summer that will soar through the layers of gas that hang over the Red Planet. Named Ingenuity, the copter will fly at an … Read more
Just 110 humans would be needed to set up new Mars colony, expert reveals Jean-Marc Salott at Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique carried out study He found that just 110 needed to help make tools and commodities on the planet The colony would have to live in an oxygen-filled dome and start own agriculture By Bhvishya … Read more
NASAs Mars 2020 mission is expected to go ahead as planned next month despite coronavirus setbacks that could have led to a two year delay. The rover mission is scheduled to launch on July 20 at 14:15 BST from Cape Canaveral in Florida and will land on the Red Planet in February 2021. The rover’s … Read more
European Space Agency enlists Airbus to help it build a Mars rover called ‘Fetch’ that will find and retrieve rock samples on the Red Planet The Airbus firm has won the next phase of the contract to develop the rover It will travel more than 9 miles across the red planet to pick up rock … Read more
Elon Musk revealed last year that SpaceX would one-day develop floating ‘spaceports’ to launch its Starship rocket to the moon and Mars – and it seems that time has finally come. A job posting on the firm’s site lists a new position for an Offshore Operations Engineer who would ‘work as part of a team … Read more
Glowing green oxygen is detected for the first time in Mars’ atmosphere that forms from sunlight interacting with atoms and air molecules ESA’s ExoMars orbiter has been circling Mars since October of 2016 The orbiter has spotted glowing green emissions in the planet’s atmosphere Astronomers noted that the Earth has the same glowing emissions The … Read more