Why sign up for a one-way Mars trip? Three applicants explain the appeal
Mars looms large in a Hubble Space Telescope photo - and in the imaginations of those who have signed up for a one-way trip to the Red Planet.
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Russia brings mice and newts back from Mars research mission
A Russian capsule filled with 45 mice and 15 newts has returned from a month's mission in orbit with data scientists hope will pave the way for a ...
Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by water
NASA’s Mars rover, Opportunity, has finished examining a fractured rock on the red planet intensely altered by water, providing evidence about a wet ...
Dream of a life on Mars tainted by doubts it can really happen
CHINESE applicants who signed up for a Dutch project to land humans on Mars in 2023 are raising doubts about the enterprise after its founder said ...
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Meet the people who applied for a one-way trip to Mars
In the classic Simpsons episode "Deep Space Homer," viewers get an inside glimpse of NASA that's, well, a little cartoonish.
Opportunity Mars Rover Blazes Past 40 Year Old Space Driving Record
Opportunity pops a ‘wheelie’ on Mars on May 15, 2013 (Sol 3308) and then made history by driving further to the mountain ahead on the next day, May ...
Britain's first official astronaut to blast off for space station
The British space industry will receive a major boost by the selection of the UK's first official astronaut to take part in a five-month mission on ...
Lessons for Government from Chris Hadfield, Singing Spaceman
Lessons for Government from Chris Hadfield, Singing Spaceman
Robert Rector: Mars trip ill-conceived
"It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid. "- Ray Bradbury