Dec 12, 2024 · NASA is reimagining the future of Mars exploration, driving new scientific discoveries, and preparing for humans on Mars. NASA’s Mars Exploration Program will focus the next two decades on its science-driven systemic approach on these strategic goals: exploring for potential life, understanding the geology and climate of Mars, and preparation ...

2 days ago · NASA has five active missions at Mars and a future mission under study. NASA and the ESA (European Space Agency) are planning ways to bring the first samples of Mars material back to Earth for detailed study. The Mars 2020 mission Perseverance rover is the first step of a proposed roundtrip journey to return Mars samples to Earth.

1 day ago · Happily, humans plan to visit Mars and the mounds are considered a prime location for future missions. Notably, the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin rover, set to launch in 2028, is ...

Sep 26, 2023 · Six Technologies to Get Humans to Mars. NASA is advancing many technologies to send astronauts to Mars as early as the 2030s. Here are six things we are working on right now to make future human missions to the Red Planet possible. Learn More

Dec 13, 2024 · NASA has a new 20-year plan for robotic exploration of Mars that calls for major paradigm shifts in how the agency approaches exploration of the Red Planet. The future should focus on smaller missions, more commercial and international engagement, and defining science goals for an era of human presence on Mars.

Jan 21, 2025 · Ahead of future human and robotic missions to the Red Planet, NASA recently completed rigorous rover testing on Martian-simulated terrain, featuring revolutionary shape memory alloy spring tire technology developed at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland in partnership with Goodyear Tire & Rubber.

Jan 23, 2025 · The goal of the tests is to demonstrate that Starship can successfully reach and land on Mars, paving the way for future crewed missions to the Red Planet, possibly as early as 2028 or 2029. In December 2024, NASA released its updated plans for its Moon to Mars architecture, which incorporates the Moon and Artemis program as key testing ...

Oct 7, 2024 · To send people to Mars and return them safely to Earth, NASA has developed a new, very powerful launch vehicle called the Space Launch System and a new human carrier spacecraft called Orion.

Dec 13, 2024 · Under NASA’s Artemis campaign, the agency will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the next Americans and first international partner astronaut on the lunar surface, and prepare for human expeditions to Mars for the benefit of all.

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