By Paul Scott Anderson, on November 27th, 2015
Artist’s conception of the helicopter-like drone which could accompany the Mars 2020 rover. Image Credit: NASA
Over the past few years, numerous orbiters, landers, and rovers have been sent to Mars, revealing the world as never before. There is, however, something else which hasn’t been done yet: a helicopter, airplane, or balloon. An […]
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By Press Release, on March 24th, 2014 Photo Credit: The Mars Society Crew 137
The following is the final mission report of Mars Desert Research Station (http://mdrs.marssociety.org/) (MDRS) Crew 137 (http://mdrs.marssociety.org/home/crew-137) . A complete review of this year’s activities at MDRS will be presented at the 17th Annual International Mars Society Convention (http://www.marssociety.org/a/marssociety.org/www/conventions/2014) , which will be held August 7-10, […]
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By Press Release, on January 24th, 2014 Photo Credit: The Mars Society
The Mars Society invites presentations for the 17th Annual International Mars Society Convention. Subjects for discussion can involve all matters associated with the exploration and settlement of the planet Mars, including science, technology, engineering, politics, economics, public policy, etc.
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By Ben Evans, on October 15th, 2013 Fobos-Grunt is integrated with its Zenit launch vehicle, preparatory to flight in November 2011. Photo Credit: AsianScientist
At 2:16 a.m. local time on 8 November 2011, the desolate steppe of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, shook to the roar of rocket engines. A Ukrainian-built Zenit-2SB vehicle thundered into orbit carrying the Russian Fobos-Grunt spacecraft, destined to […]
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By Mike Killian, on October 12th, 2013 The Mars Society is calling for additional volunteers for its 2014 Mars Arctic 365 mission at the FMARS facility (pictured above) in Devon Island, Canada. Photo Credit: The Mars Society.
The Mars Society, the world’s largest and most influential non-profit space advocacy organization dedicated to human exploration and settlement of Mars, has issued […]
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By Press Release, on August 17th, 2013
Photo Credit: NASA, JPL
The Mars Society will be hosting its 16th Annual International Mars Society Convention from August 15-18 at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
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By Emily Carney, on August 9th, 2013 Aerial view of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) site in Devon Island, Canada. The first phase of the Mars Society’s mission at this site was complete in late July. Photo Credit: The Mars Society on Facebook.
The Mars Society announced that the Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) Phase 1 mission was successfully […]
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By Emily Carney, on June 1st, 2013 Members of The Mars Society’s Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station check out their equipment during this year’s expedition. Photo Credit: The Mars Society
The Mars Society announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (EU-INTERACT) to use the Flashline Mars Arctic […]
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By Jason Rhian, on May 31st, 2013 SpaceX—the first company to send a spacecraft to orbit and have it return safely to Earth, the first company to journey to and deliver supplies to the International Space Station—appears to be setting its sights on Mars. Photo Credit: Jason Rhian / AmericaSpace
Mars, the world that has transfixed so many for so […]
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By Paul Scott Anderson, on March 29th, 2013 The next direction for NASA, in terms of searching for life on Mars, might not be “follow the water”—it might be “follow the salt.” Image Credit: NASA / JPL / MSSS
This article originally appeared in The Mars Society’s The Mars Quarterly. As part of AmericaSpace’s partnership with The Mars Society, they publish […]
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