mars exploration
The Ingenuity Team Downloads the Final Data from the Mars Helicopter. The Mission is Over
I really can’t believe that the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars took its maiden voyage in April 2021. On the 16th…
The Current Mars Sample Return Mission isn’t Going to Work. NASA is Going Back to the Drawing Board
Human spaceflight is not the easiest of enterprises. NASA have let us know that their plans for the Mars Sample…
Search for Life on Mars Could Level-Up with MARSE Mission Concept
A recent study presented at the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) discusses the Mars Astrobiology, Resource, and Science…
Should We Send Humans to Mars?
Universe Today has explored the potential for sending humans to Europa, Venus, Titan, and Pluto, all of which possess environmental…
Ingenuity Suffers Rotor Damage, Ending the Mission
There have been numerous robotic space missions reach the end of their operating life over the years and for a…
Helicopters Could Map the Magnetic Fields on Mars
A recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal examines how helicopters equipped with a magnetometer could be used to…
Melting Water in Mars’ Past Could Have Created Martian Gullies
A recent study published in Science examines how thin channels inside impact craters on Mars could have formed from Martian…
Mars Has a Thick Crust. Its Internal Heat Mainly Comes from Radioactivity
How thick is the crust of Mars? This question is what a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters attempted…
Would Mark Watney Have Survived in Real Life, and What This Can Teach Us About Sending Humans to Mars
We want to send humans to Mars eventually, and while this will be both a historic and exciting journey, it…
China’s Tianwen-1 has Imaged the Entire Surface of Mars, Completing its Primary Mission
After exploring Mars for more than a year, China’s Tianwen-1 space probe has successfully taken images covering the entire Red…