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NASA considered sending humans to Mars in the 1980s using nuclear-powered rockets

Long before modern plans for human exploration of Mars, American rocket engineers developed detailed proposals for sending ...

Exercise keeps astronauts’ hearts mission-ready, strengthening the case for Mars

New research tracking astronauts across six-month stays on the International Space Station suggests intensive exercise can ...
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Laying the groundwork for the first human mission to Mars

Sending humans to Mars and returning them safely to Earth would be one of the most complex endeavors that humans have ever carried out. The number of issues that must be dealt with simultaneously is ...
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Space companies want to send humans to Mars. But how realistic is it? These are the fiercest dangers we face making a trip to the Red Planet

With NASA's Artemis programme returning humans to the lunar environment and private spaceflight companies like SpaceX and Blue Origins ramping up plans to send humans to Mars, the prospect of humans ...