July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... research groups, research laboratories and startups. NASA JPL’s Mars Cube One (MarCO) mission consist of a pair of 6U CubeSats that were launched alongside NASA’s InSight mission to Mars in May 2018. The CubeSats were dropped off on an Earth...
November 2018
Being human in space
... micro- or zero gravity. But we should not forget that the psychology of being on a long-term mission is of vital important to the psyche. Missions to Mars, for example, will only be possible every two years with journeys taking up to seven months...
October 2024
Cinema and extraterrestrial archaeology
... the face: holographic representation of the take-off and flight of Martian spaceships after the impact event in Mission to Mars. The powerplant built by the lost alien civilisation inside Pyramid Mountain, from Total Recall. Rediscovered in the...
29 April 2016
SpaceX Announces Plans for Mars Mission.
SpaceX has announced its plans to launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft, nicknamed “Red Dragon”, to Mars on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle as soon as there's a new launch window for missions to Mars (spring of 2018). SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted that “Dragon ...
27 December 2019
Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree
... entry orientation, as well as the back shell, or upper section. Like everyone else working on NASA’s next robotic mission to Mars, and anxiously awaiting some good news at JPL, Tice won’t know whether the landing succeeded for...
25 June 2021
China announces plans to build a base on Mars starting in 2033
... Conference (GLEX 2021), Wang’s speech, themed "The Space Transportation System of Human Mars Exploration" included details of a first crewed mission to Mars that will liftoff in 2033. This will be preceded by a technology preparation phase, whereby...
