Two options under consideration are a long-stay (or conjunction class) mission, with approximately one and a half years on the Martian surface, during which considerable science and preparation for future missions can be performed by the astronauts; and a short-stay (or opposition class) mission,
Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter soar in amazing new videos from Perseverance rover | Space
Stunning new videos show NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity soaring through the Red Planet skies like never before.
Ingenuity performed its 13th Martian flight on Sept. 4, cruising through the rugged "Séítah" region of the Red Planet's Jezero Crater on a scouting mission for its robotic companion, NASA's Perseverance rover.
Is Mars Hot Or Cold? What You Need To Know About Martian Temperatures
The dry and dusty surface on Mars makes it look like it would be quite toasty, but is the Red Planet really that hot? Mars is one of the things in space that's been a constant point of fascination.
But why? Out of all the neighboring planets in the Solar System, why does Mars take the spotlight as often as it does? There are a few reasons for this. For starters, its environment is most similar to Earth compared to Saturn, Jupiter, etc.
Scientists Propose Jumpstarting Mars' Magnetic Field to Make It Habitable
Now, scientists from a star-studded list of universities and organizations, including NASA's own chief scientist James Lauer Green, are suggesting that we protect humans on Mars from deadly atmospheric conditions by jumpstarting the planet's magnetic field.
"For a long-term human presence on Mars to be established, serious thought would need to be given to terraforming the planet," the team wrote in a new paper that will print in the journal Acta Astronautica in January 2022, first spotted by Universe Today .
NASA Ames Research Center Scientist Leads Authorship of Whitepaper Analyzing Starship's Potential
NASA research scientist Jennifer L. Heldmann is the lead author for a new whitepaper describing the Starship spacecraft's potential for accelerating research on Mars and the Moon.
SpaceX's primary goal for Starship is to enable transportation of larger payloads and crews to Mars. Its development has not been an easy process, with obstacles including exploding prototypes and regulatory hurdles that forced it to delay some tests.
Scientists Warn About 'False Fossils' Present on Mars
That would indeed be an astounding, incredible discovery – but the new paper urges caution in interpreting what we find, in both this and future sources.
According to astrobiologist Sean McMahon of the University of Edinburgh and geobiologist Julie Cosmidis of the University of Oxford in the UK, scientists will have to keep an eye out for non-biological mineral deposits that look a heck of a lot like fossils.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover captures image of an eerie Martian sunset
NASA's car-sized Perseverance rover captured its first view of a Martian sunset this week. In dim ghostly light, the sun sets behind the hills in Mars' Jezero Crater, a place planetary scientists suspect was once flooded with water.
On Twitter, the space agency explained this sunset's muted colors . In short, there wasn't much dust in the atmosphere when the rover looked up and snapped a picture.
NASA Wants to Build Sustainable Power Plant on Moon, Then Mars
NASA, which wants to build a nuclear fission power plant on the moon, announced Friday that it is accepting proposals for an initial system design.
The Associated Press reported that NASA is working with U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory to create the power source, independent from the sun, for missions to the moon by the end of the decade.
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