Mars
Moon and Mars in China's five-year space plan
Posted in Science on 29th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
Mars and the far side of the Moon are on the itinerary for China's National Space Administration (CNSA), according to a new white paper released this week.
Laser-Based Propulsion System Could Get Us to Mars in Record Time; Just Three Days
Posted in Hardware on 23rd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
With conventional rocketry, we can make it to the red planet in five months time, at its closest point to Earth.
Boron has been detected on Mars for the first time
Posted in Science on 20th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Curiosity rover has found boron on the surface of Mars, indicating that, at some point, the Red Planet had long-term habitable groundwater.
Curiosity Delivers New Evidence That Life Could Have Thrived on Mars
Posted in Science on 15th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
Evidence of chemical complexity suggests that Mars had a long history with water, improving the chances that life existed on the planet.
ESA will fund ExoMars 2020
Posted in Hardware on 4th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
ExoMars 2020 will send a rover to the red planet.