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NASA Is Sending Bacteria to the Edge of Space to See if They Can Hitchhike to Mars

Posted in Science on 27th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

To find out if life can hitchhike to Mars and survive on the planets surface, NASA is going to see how they do 120,000 feet up.

NASA tests new wing shape for future Mars planes

Posted in Hardware on 22nd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

The space agency has been considering a boomerang-like aircraft for future Mars exploration for quite some time.

SpaceX Dragon capsule could bring back soil samples from Mars

Posted in Science on 15th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Life on Mars, now or in the past, is still up for debate, and the best way to settle it is by getting samples into the hands of scientists.

CubeSats to Mars and beyond

Posted in Hardware on 6th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

All the activity and interest in CubeSats has been primarily limited to spacecraft in Earth orbit. Now engineers are exploring what CubeSats could do beyond Earth orbit.

Earth observations show how nitrogen may be detected on exoplanets, aiding search for life

Posted in Science on 6th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

Measuring nitrogen in the atmosphere of an exoplanet can be crucial to determining if it might be habitable.