Humanity’s future on Mars may depend on a golden box about the size of a car battery. On February 18, NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars with this box, called MOXIE, nestled in its belly. MOXIE was designed to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen on Mars, and NASA plans to put it to the test…
It has been a difficult choice: The winner projects of the Mars To Earth AWARD 3rd Edition are: 1)Mars habitat, 2)Mars Facade system, 3)Demeter. The Award of Excellence will be delivered to the winners by an innovative certification system linked to the Blockchain.
NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Ingenuity remains attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down on Mars Feb. On March 21, the rover deployed the guitar case-shaped graphite composite debris shield that protected Ingenuity…
We introduce you to two members of our mission SMOPS (www.smops.space) at MDRS: Paolo Guardabasso and Benjamin Pothier.
The third number of our Mars Planet Report (in Italian only) is on line. You can download directly from our website: www.marsplanet.org