NASA has launched the Mars to Table Challenge, seeking Earth-independent food systems capable of sustaining astronauts on ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. The Panel on Atmospheric Science and Space Physics will identify the ...

Despite being the most Earth-like planet in our solar system, Mars presents extraordinary obstacles for human exploration.

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released today (Dec. 9) from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and ...

The race to Mars has quietly become the defining contest of twenty-first century spaceflight, pitting a state-backed Chinese program, a commercially driven SpaceX campaign, and a methodical NASA ...

When astronauts set foot on Mars, it will be one of humanity’s greatest milestones. These first steps will be the result of decades of research, engineering, and imagination coming together, marking ...

The only way to create a sustainable program of exploring the moon and Mars with humans, beyond the initial flush of achievement, is by fully integrating science into our planning. We won’t be able to ...

DVD disc with PDFs and video files inserted in envelope attached to inside back cover. Also available online in PDF format. NASM copy 39088019500958 gift of Alan Ladwig. The Mars Design Reference ...

For astronaut safety and to bolster success of the human exploration to come later, NASA needs an end-to-end demonstration of traveling to Mars, doing something scientifically useful, and returning ...