The Mars mission is something that scientists have dreamt of since mid-20th century. Immense amounts of time and money have been invested in the past decade to make this dream real, and for the first time in history, everyone can see with their own eyes that we are, slowly but surely, getting there. Although probes and rovers have been trekking on Martian land for a while, the aim has always … [Read more...]
MIT Scientist Provides Alternative Solution to Reach Mars
NASA plans to place an asteroid on lunar orbit to use it as a training ground for a future manned mission to Mars. The project called ARM (Asteroid Redirect Mission) is in its early stages. The space agency already spent one and a half years working on the plan. If everything runs accordingly, in ten years from now, astronauts should be collecting samples from a new lunar asteroid. The … [Read more...]
NASA Considers Hibernation a Viable Option for Mars Missions
When humans will finally reach Mars, it will end up being the most expensive endeavor in history. The two planets rarely get closer than 38 million miles and they can be separated by 249 million miles of empty space when they are in opposition. The trip to Mars will be a very long one. Besides taking into account the psychological effects of an approximately 180-day trip, space agencies have to … [Read more...]
Mars rover self-designed by UB Team to compete at NASA contest
The students at the University at Buffalo (UB) participated in a NASA contest held this week at its Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. For the competition, the teams had to build a rover that could cross a series of hurdles in NASA Johnson’s Rockyard, a test area that simulates Mars. The participants had designed and assembled their own robotic vehicle similar to Mars rover that also … [Read more...]
US Mars Mission is Unaffordable suffering under budget constraints
With the Mars being hoped as a probable life supporting planet, space missions on the red planet becomes more important. The leading countries are one after another sending space expeditions in search of life on Mars. In such a scenario the United States can't afford not to undertake such a mission. The constraints on the budget around making the landing of astronauts on Mars an unaffordable … [Read more...]
NASA, CNES join hands for 2016 InSight Mars mission
NASA and CNES, the space agencies of the United States and France, are teaming up for a new Mars mission in 2016 that would study the evolution of the Red Planet. The agreement was signed this week between NASA administrator Charles Bolden and National Centre of Space Studies of France president Jean-Yves Le Gall in Washington. The other partners who will be involved in the mission include … [Read more...]
