Mars
NASA officially delays its next mission to Mars until 2018
Posted in Science on 10th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASA said it is now targeting May 5th, 2018 for the launch of InSight, with the spacecraft scheduled to land on Mars on November 26th, 2018.
Great tilt gave Mars a new face
Posted in Science on 4th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Mars hasn't always looked like it does today. Some 3 to 3.5 billion years ago, the planet underwent a huge tilt.
NASA has invited India to collaborate on its mission to Mars
Posted in Science on 29th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
ISRO has already proved that it has the ability to get to the Red Planetary efficiently; the space agency spent only US $74 million (less than the budget of the film Gravity).
Plans Being Devised for Human Outpost Near the Moon
Posted in Science on 24th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
The ongoing work is expected to help plot out other deep-space trips, such as the journey to a near-Earth asteroid and the larger leap to distant Mars.
China is racing to make the 2020 launch window to Mars
Posted in Science on 23rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller
NASAs Mars 2020 mission may well have company along the way, with teams in China working urgently to ready their first independent mission to the Red Planet.