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ISRO Plans Return to Mars with Mangalyaan 2.0

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/08/2016

The next Mars mission will likely be launched in...

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NASA’s Retro Mars-Recruitment Posters Call for Explorers

The Wire Staff 22/06/2016

A new series of posters from NASA exhorts people...

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Do No Harm to Life on Mars? The Ethical Limits of the ‘Prime Directive’

Kelly C. Smith 15/05/2016

The solution is to do the hard work of...

A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on April 8, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Tim Peake/ESA/NASA/Handout via Reuters

Five Human Spaceflight Missions to Look Forward to in the Next Decade

Chris Arridge 30/04/2016

The next decade will see a remarkable mix of...

Inside the Dragon capsule. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX Plans to Land Capsule on Mars in 2018

The Wire Staff 27/04/2016

The private spaceflight company also hinted that the capsules...

A poster for the film 'The Martian'. Source: Fox Movies

Mars is There, Waiting to Be Reached – Bringing it Home is the Problem

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/10/2015

A review of the film 'The Martian', directed by...

Andreas Mogensen, Aidyn Aimbetov and Gennady Padalka rest outside their spacecraft and are surrounded by support personnel after landing. Credit: NASA

Record-breaking Astronauts Return to Earth – Taking Us One Step Closer to Mars

Chris Arridge 13/09/2015

The crew of Expedition 44 have taught us plenty...