Mars
Thanks to Cosmic Radiation, There Could be Life on Mars, Just a Couple of Meters Under the Surface
Remember back in 2008 when the Phoenix lander on Mars scraped away a few inches of rust-colored regolith to reveal…
Perseverance Has Been Put Inside its Atlas V Rocket
NASA's Perseverance rover and elements of the Mars 2020 mission were recently loaded aboard the rocket that will take it…
Instead of Going Straight to Mars, Astronauts Should Make a Slingshot Past Venus First
Every 26 months, the orbits of both Earth and Mars conspire to make travel between the two planets shorter. Launching…
How Would We Do Surgery in Space?
Any mission to Mars requires deeper planning than missions to the ISS or the Moon. Based purely on the length…
Although InSight’s Mole is Completely Buried, it Might be Stuck Again
You've gotta hand it to NASA, and to the German Aerospace Center (DLR.) They've been struggling for over a year…
China’s Mars Rover Launches in Late July
In July there's another launch window to Mars. It looks like China is ready to take advantage of it, by…
Take a Flight Over Korolev Crater on Mars
We love flyover videos from other worlds. These stunning videos, created from imagery gathered by orbiting spacecraft, can give us…
Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design!
Every year since 2012, Mars City Design hosts the Mars Feast Gala, where talented chefs create tantalizing entrees based on…
Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life
We all know how exploration by rover works. The rover is directed to a location and told to take a…
The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110
So you want to colonize Mars, huh? Well Mars is a long ways away, and in order for a colony…