Mars Showcase
Images from ESA’s Mars Express takes you on an unforgettable journey across the Red Planet.
Category: The Planets
New Horizons Spacecraft is Fast Approaching Pluto – NASA
After an eight-year long journey, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is quickly approaching Pluto. As of 21 January 2014, its distance from Pluto is about 4.29 AU (An AU is roughly the distance of the Earth...
The Mars Underground – 2
Here is part 2 of this amazing documentary. The Mars Underground is a landmark documentary about renowned aerospace scientist and visionary, Dr. Robert Zubrin, and his struggle to get the first human mission to Mars...
Jupiter Will Be at Opposition During January 2014 – NASA JPL
A look at the night sky this month with the main event being Jupiter at opposition, and Venus at conjunction. The Quadrantid meteor shower will put on a showing, as well.
Meet a Mars One Applicant Ready To Leave Earth Forever
Radford Uchihara has applied to be among the first humans to set foot on Mars as part of the Mars One program. Here is talking about why he applied.
Mars One Lecture
More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They’ve applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on...
What Curiosity is Discovering on the Road to Mt. Sharp
An update from Curiosity as it journeys to Mount Sharp.
Was Mars Ever Earth-like?
A further look at the Mars Maven mission. The Maven satellite will give us important data taken from the upper atmosphere and should give us data on whether water from Mars did escape into the...
Mars Evolution – NASA
The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this ancient clement period, beginning with a flyover of a Martian lake.
India Launches To Mars
India has launched a spacecraft to Mars orbit and hopes to become the fourth space agency to reach the red planet after the US, Russia ans Europe. The unmanned spacecraft will travel for 300 days...
Titan’s Chemistry
Saturn’s large moon Titan is a surprisingly Earthlike place. But unlike on Earth, Titan’s surface is far too cold for liquid water – instead, Titan’s clouds, rain, and lakes consist of liquid hydrocarbons like...
Mars Geology Similar to Earth
Curiosity has confirmed the presence of water in the surface soil and we are finding out how similar Mars is to Earth. A look at some of the instruments on Curiosity and the disciveries...
Can We Make It To Mars?
A trip to Mars is fraught with many difficulties. Here we look at the problems that face Mars travellers and the steps being taken to overcome them.
Curiosity Finds No Methane On Mars
A by product of life, methane, has not been found in large quantities in the Martian atmosphere by Curiosity. This means that the chances of finding living ‘life’ on Mars has greatly diminished.
100,000 Apply For Mars One
More than 100,000 people are eager to make themselves at home on another planet. They’ve applied for a one-way trip to Mars, hoping to be chosen to spend the rest of their lives on...
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
An introduction to the NASA MAVEN mission, which is being launched in November 2013. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN), will explore the planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun...
Curiosity Rover Report – Aug. 23, 2013
Here is the latest update from the curiosity team. Curiosity is on its way to Mount Sharp and recently took a movie of the Martian Moons.
Eight Years on Mars
Following yesterdays post on the Mars Rover ‘Spirit’ we now present the full story of the two predecessors to ‘ Curiosity’. When the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity touched down on Mars in January...
