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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.
SpaceX won't launch astronauts until 2018
Posted in Science on 16th Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
It's official: SpaceX is not going to meet its 2017 deadline to carry its first astronauts into space.
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.
Moon village concept attracts worldwide support
Posted in Science on 3rd Dec, 2016
by Alex Muller
European Space Agency says proposals for permanent lunar outpost have generated international interest.
Exoplanet space telescope will launch in December 2017
Posted in Science on 30th Nov, 2016
by Alex Muller
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a planned space telescope for NASA's Explorers program, designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method.