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Scientists find most convincing evidence yet of organic material on Mars

Jun 7, 2018

Nasa’s Curiosity rover has detected the clearest evidence yet for the presence of the building blocks of life on Mars. According to the report in the journal Science, the rover found complex organic matter buri...

NASA to test helicopter on 2020 Mars mission, in a first for interplanetary aviation

West Side Story

May 13, 2018

Innovation, Science

A helicopter will launch with NASA’s Mars rover in 2020, to become the first heavier-than-air aircraft to operate on another planet, according to BBC News. A team spent four years designing the helicopter to...

NASA tests miniature nuclear reactor to power long-term missions on Mars

West Side Story

Jan 21, 2018

Innovation, Science

At a Las Vegas news conference Thursday, officials from NASA and the US Department of Energy announced success with a project to create a compact nuclear power generator for a long-term human mission on Mars. A...

NASA’s X3 thruster could shorten the long journey to Mars

West Side Story

Oct 16, 2017

Innovation, Science

When discussing meaningful space flight, the vastness of space compared with the relatively low speeds of our propulsion technologies has limited our ability to explore. Even a modest goal – modest in space ter...

Elon Musk outlines revised plans for Mars rocket and spacecraft

West Side Story

Oct 1, 2017

Innovation, Science

On Friday, at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, Elon Musk detailed a revised plan to send passengers to Mars, outlining an approach that he says will be economically viable for th...

European Space Agency loses contact with Mars lander, crash suspected

West Side Story

Oct 21, 2016

Innovation, Science

The European Space Agency’s unmanned Schiaparelli Lander has apparently crashed into the surface of Mars on what was intended to be the agency’s first landing on the planet’s surface. The ESA may not be able to...

ESA probe to land on surface of Mars Wednesday, to search for signs of microbial life

West Side Story

Oct 16, 2016

Innovation, Science

On Wednesday, the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander will separate from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter to make a historic landing the surface of Mars. The robotic lander, named for Italian astronomer Gi...

Musk announces plans for Space X to embark on Mars missions as soon as 2022

West Side Story

Sep 28, 2016

Business, Innovation, Science

Elon Musk, founder of Space X, has announced a plan to begin manned missions to Mars as early as 2022. While leaving some ambiguities as to how he planned to fund the extravagant project, Musk put his project i...

NASA Looks towards Cheaper substitutes to get Humans on Mars

Cody Gash

May 10, 2015

Innovation

NASA- In the light of recent budget cuts, NASA has been trying to find cheaper ways to get to mars. The space agency is now considering Solar Electric propulsion systems (SEP), as the most efficient yet cost ef...

NASA makes Mars colonization a public affair by inviting opinions and ideas for mission

Cody Gash

May 9, 2015

Innovation

NASA – In the year 1969 astronauts took their first walk on the moon. That said and in their strong desire to discover what happens in Mars; Scientists are already hard cracking their minds on how they can buil...

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