NASA spacecraft enters Mars’ orbit almost a year after launching
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Maven spacecraft arrived at Mars late Sunday after a 711 million kilometre journey that began nearly a year ago. The robotic explorer fired its brakes and successfully...
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India’s @MarsOrbiter shares snapshot of red planet with Twitterverse
This image provided by the Indian Government Press Information Bureau shows what the agency says is one of the first images of the surface of Mars taken by Indiaís Mars Orbiter Mission satellite, on...
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Newsmaker of the day: Orion and NASA’s mission to Mars
Joe Raedle/Getty Images When the spacecraft Orion launched into orbit this morning at 7:05 (EST), it marked “Day One of the Mars era,” according to NASA administrator Charles Bolden. With 1,200 sensors...
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Curiosity Rover finds new evidence of water on Mars
PL-Caltech/NASA CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Curiosity rover is helping scientists close in on a Martian mystery: Why does a mountain jut out of a barren crater? Scientists said Monday that rock...
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Newsmaker of the day: Chris Hadfield
PL-Caltech/NASA Newsmaker of the day: Chris Hadfield Mankind made “one giant leap” 45 years ago when the Apollo 11 landed on the moon, and now the next big step for many is Mars. Last week, the...
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Newsmakers of the day: Canada’s Mars One semi-finalists
PL-Caltech/NASA Six Canadians just got one step closer to living every kid’s dream. Today, Mars One released the names of 100 semifinalists in the running to take part in the highly ambitious—or...
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Is this the spacesuit of the future?
A rendering of the Z2 spacesuit, designed for Mars’s airless environment. (NASA) Mars is a hostile neighbour. Its average temperature hovers around -60 °C, although it can dip as low as -125 °C in...
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What do Canada’s astronauts think of the Mars One program?
PL-Caltech/NASA For a special Space issue of Maclean’s—on digital and physical newsstands now—we spoke with nine Canadian astronauts, seven of whom have been in space. Here are excerpts from those...
View ArticleVideo: NASA announces major Mars water discovery
A Martian mystery is solved: Far from being an arid, freeze-dried desert, water, it seems, flows on Mars even today—that’s according to new research being presented in the journal Nature Geoscience....
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Mars appears to have flowing streams of salty water: NASA
In the search for potential areas with recurring slope lineae (RSL), which are probably caused by briny water, the central peak of Hale Crater is a common target. (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona) CAPE...
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There’s water on Mars—but is there life?
This image shows the central peak in Porter Crater. Although there are no repeat images here we can infer several active geologic processes, based on morphologic evidence and lessons learned from past...
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Mars: When do we get to visit?
This image shows RSL extending downhill from bedrock cliffs, mostly towards the northwest (upper left). This image was acquired in middle summer when RSL are most active in the southern mid latitudes....
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The interview: Matt Damon on living like a Martian
Matt Damon as astronaut Mark Watney in The Martian. (Twentieth Century Fox) In The Martian, the new film from Ridley Scott, Matt Damon’s character, a NASA astronaut, finds himself stranded on Mars,...
View ArticleElon Musk unveils plans to colonize Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On a personal quest to settle Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to the red planet well within the next century, “Battlestar...
View ArticleBarack Obama still wants humans to land on Mars
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the United States is partnering with commercial companies to build “new habitats” to try to send humans safely to Mars within two decades. Obama set a goal in...
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Europe’s Mars probe thought to have crash-landed
NASA thinks the black mark left on the surface of Mars is where the Schiaparelli lander may have exploded on impact. (Image via NASA) BERLIN – Europe’s experimental Mars probe hit the right spot – but...
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Why Saturn’s moon Titan is the best spot for an off-world colony
With the likes of Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and even Donald Trump talking up manned missions to Mars, an exciting new life may await us in the off-world colonies. But is the red planet a red herring?...
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Ray Bradbury: The Mad Wizards of Mars
From The Maclean’s Archives. Learn more or sign up now for your 30-day free trial. View Full Issue Click to View Article Pages 2021 September 15 1949 View Full Issue View Article Pages THEIR EYES were...
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