We have sent astronauts 384,400 kilometres out into space to walk on the Moon; delivered rovers and helicopters roughly 225 million kilometres away to survey Mars; and sent probes a whopping 24.3 billion kilometres out to the furthest reaches of our solar system. It is remarkable, then, that...
Humans have been to the moon and robots have been to Mars. Why should we keep exploring? Jon Hicks At the time of the moon landing in 1969, many people envisioned that by the beginning of the 21st century, space travel would become routine, and we would be visiting other planets in ...
She’s climbed almost 20,000 feet into the thin air of an Andes mountain peak, dived into some of the world’s highest lakes and sent a robot across a windswept Chilean desert - all in a quest to learn how life once might have existed, or may still exist, on the Red Planet. Life ...
In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s.
Why are unmanned spacecraft still important if we have spaceships? Unmanned spacecraft can go to environments too dangerous for humans, operate for extended periods, and perform specific scientific tasks at a lower cost and risk than crewed missions. 13 How do spaceships support human life in spa...
We'll also be doing simultaneous operations on the moon, and preparations for going to Mars. Our astronaut corps is very diverse. We have people of all different backgrounds, and also they have different skill sets. What excites you the most about the future of NASA? We have more people...
We have explored Mars nearly continually with spacecraft since the 1960s. Today, there are working rovers on its surface and orbiters circling the planet, with more on the way. The study of Mars is a search for the existence of water, past and present. Today we know that Mars has water...
* NASA’s Perseverance Rover has landed on planet Mars about a month ago. Its mission is to search for evidence of ancient life and collect rocks to be brought back to earth. Have there been other similar missions, including by other countries and on other planets that ...
Both planets have polar ice caps and once had volcanic activity. 2 How has Mars been explored by humans? Mars has been explored by unmanned rovers, orbiters, and landers sent by various space agencies. 2 Share Your Discovery Share via Social Media Embed This Content Embed Code Share Directl...
NASA is responsible for putting a man on the Moon, landing rovers on the surface of Mars, and many other astounding accomplishments. They perform all of these feats through funding from the United States government. NASA shouldn’t have to deal with budget cuts because of the work they put ...