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Two months ago the team behind NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter released a video reflecting on its historic explorations of Mars, flying 10.5 miles (17.0 kilometers) in 72 different flights over three years. It was the team’s way of saying goodbye, accordin… Continue reading The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Just Sent Its Last Message Home
On April 16th NASA announced the formal end to Ingenuity’s days as the first ever Martian helicopter, following its 72nd and final flight mission in January. This flight ended with …read more Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Transitions Into Stationary Testbed
SonicSpike shares a report: The quest to return rock materials from Mars to Earth to see if they contain traces of past life is going to go through a major overhaul. The US space agency says the current mission design can’t return the samples before 20… Continue reading NASA Says New Plan Needed To Return Rocks From Mars; Current Mission Design Can’t Deliver Before 2040
Elon Musk is doubling down on his commitment to the colonization of Mars. In an address at SpaceX’s Starbase facility at Boca Chica, Texas, he gave an update on how the advances in the company’s Starship rocket and plummeting launch costs could one day… Continue reading Musk plans 1,000-ship fleets to colonize Mars
Mars is fairly attractive as a potential future home for humanity. It’s solid, with firm land underfoot. It’s able to hang on to a little atmosphere, which is more than …read more Continue reading Heating Mars On The Cheap
Elizabeth Rayne reports via Ars Technica: Led by planetary researcher Lonneke Roelofs of Utrecht University in the Netherlands, a team of scientists has found that the sublimation of CO2 ice could have shaped Martian gullies, which might mean the most … Continue reading Mars May Not Have Had Liquid Water Long Enough For Life To Form
Scientists have discovered a giant volcano on Mars, as well as a possible sheet of buried glacier ice near the planet’s equator. Phys.Org reports: Imaged repeatedly by orbiting spacecraft around Mars since Mariner 9 in 1971 — but deeply eroded beyond … Continue reading Giant Volcano Discovered On Mars
A massive volcano has been hiding in plain sight on Mars, says new research. Not only is its sheer size noteworthy, but the team believes it might also harbor glacial ice that could be critical for further exploration and Martian settlements.Continue R… Continue reading Newly found monster Martian volcano might be hiding an icy secret
Space.com writes that NASA’s plan to return samples from Mars to the earth “is facing major challenges, according to a new report.
“Design, cost and scheduling are all significant obstacles, an audit report of NASA’s Mars Sample Return (MSR) Program … Continue reading Can NASA Return Mars Samples to Earth? New Audit Raises Doubts
“Would you like to live on Mars?” NASA asked Friday on social media.
“You can help us move humanity toward that goal by participating in a simulated, year-long Mars surface mission at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.”
NASA is seeking applicants to parti… Continue reading Martians Wanted: NASA Opens Call for Simulated Yearlong Mars Mission