Beautiful Space Images 2019
We say farewell to 2019 with some beautiful Space images of this year.
NASA’s Treasure Map for Water Ice on Mars
NASA has big plans for returning astronauts to the Moon in 2024, a stepping stone on the path to sending humans to Mars. A new paper published in Geophysical Research Letters will help by providing a map of water ice believed to be as little as an inch below the surface. NASA calls this concept…
Why rubber tyres don’t work on Mars (Pirelli courtesy)
This is an interesting article of Pirelli, the italian world leader of tyres production on using rubber tyres on Mars: There are four rover vehicles on Mars but the problems of getting around on the red planet have yet to be fully solved. So how are space agencies getting to grips with the science of exploring…
Life on Mars? Europe commits to groundbreaking mission to bring back rocks to Earth
It will be one of the most daunting, complicated and, potentially, scientifically rewarding missions ever undertaken to the red planet. Ministers at a recent meeting of the European Space Agency have fully committed to plans to collect samples from the surface of Mars and return them to Earth, in a joint effort with NASA. Official…