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10/09/2018 / By Edsel Cook

NASA scientists discuss the feasibility of humans colonizing Mars

A recent study released by NASA-sponsored researchers has removed the luster from one of the crown jewels of science fiction and popular science, an article in News Wise stated. The study reported that while Mars can be explored and colonized by human astronauts, the Red Planet cannot be terraformed into a habitable state, at least not with our […]

06/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The search for life on Mars by the ESA reaches important milestone as ExoMars Rover prepares for its “shake and bake”

The prototype of the ExoMars Rover is being prepared for vibration and temperature tests in France. The upcoming “shake and bake” test is a big step for the European Space Agency’s mission to seek out any form of life on Mars, an article on Reuters states. The Structural Thermal Model was recently completed in Stevenage, a town […]

06/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

NASA thinking about performing a flight test of a nuclear reactor to the moon by the mid-2020s

Now that NASA has finished testing its new nuclear reactor on the ground, it is aiming its sights a lot higher. The space agency is considering fitting the Kilopower system onto a moon-bound lander for its first flight test in the middle of the 2020s, an article in Space News states. In a recent press conference, NASA officials […]

04/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Automated space shuttle in the works to ferry people back and forth to the moon

As early as summer 2018, Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will take its maiden voyage to the International Space Station (ISS). According to an article on Space.com, experts say this unmanned flight in low-Earth orbit is the first step towards regular trips to the moon and Mars. The Crew Space Transportation 100 Starliner is one […]

02/27/2018 / By David Williams

Astronauts train for Mars mission by living in inflatable greenhouses in the Dhofar desert

How prepared is humanity to go on an actual mission to Mars? Scientists and experts from all over the world may be working hard to find out as much as they can about the red planet from Earth’s comfortable surface – as well as from space – but Mars itself may turn out to be […]

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