China To Send Humans to Mars
China is sending humans to Mars by 2033.
10 Amazing Facts You Need to Know about Mars
Mars, also known as the ‘Red Planet’ has been a wonder for many. Space exploration projects by NASA have sent many robots to the planet, which have fed us some interesting facts about the star. It Has Two Moons Mars has two moons called Deimos and Phobos, and one of them is headed for destruction…
SpaceX Plans to Launch People to Mars in 2024
It’s a scary thought to think we could let astronauts fly to Mars after watching The Martian. Who would want to get stuck on Mars for over 6 months waiting to get saved? At the same time though, how many people can say they’ve been on Mars in their lifetime? There’s been much talk that…
4 Gigapixel Mars Panorama Created by Stitching Together 407 Photos
A mind-boggling 4 Gigapixel panorama image of the surface of Mars has been created by stitching together another mind-boggling 407 photos of the red planet. Thanks to NASA’s robotic rover – Curiosity – we earthlings have been getting to see a lot more of Mars recently. Andrew Bodrov, however, made it more interesting. Petapixel put…
Mars Curiosity Rover Finds Environment Once Suitable for Life
Clay Minerals in Martian Rock Show an Ancient Mars Capable of Hosting Life The Mars Curiosity rover’s mission to find evidence of a once habitable environment on the surface of our neighboring planet has taken one giant leap in the right direction. A recent press release by NASA describes how data obtained from the analysis…
Mars Curiosity Rover Experiences Corrupted Files, Put into Safe Mode
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover had just begun exploring and analyzing rocks on the surface of the planet when it began experiencing some problems with a computer glitch caused by corrupted files. The rover has been switched to a back-up computer, which is now being reconfigured, so that it can take over. Mars Curiosity: Science, The…