Buzz Aldrin has a plan to get us to Mars by 2035
What a moon shot actually looks like. (Credit: NASA) Buzz Aldrin is one of just a handful of people on earth with good reason to be unimpressed with the idea of a “moon shot.” After all, he’s among...
View ArticleSeeing red: Curiosity rover’s first year on Mars
Curiosity before its journey. The rover has now been on Mars for almost a full year, where it's driven more than a mile and sent back over 70,000 photos. On August 6 (or late August 5 for many of us...
View ArticleMars? No, Burning Man: Curosity Rover art car will prowl the playa
A team including a number of NASA JPL employees, working on their own, has built an art car for Burning Man that is based on the famous Curiosity Rover that touched down on Mars just over a year ago....
View ArticleScientists make a Mini Mars to mimic Red Planet dust
Martian dust can wreak havoc with sensitive equipment, so researchers have created a chamber that lets them simulate the Martian surface — dust and all — before that equipment heads to the Red Planet....
View ArticleMars rover Opportunity breaks record for miles roamed
The extraterrestrial robot rolls 25 miles across the Red Planet, breaking a more than 40-year-old record for off-Earth mileage. CNET Crave
View ArticleElon Musk thinks you could travel to Mars really soon
The SpaceX founder hopes to put humans on Mars in the mid-2020s, but that’s just the first tiny baby step toward creating his vision of a Martian metropolis. CNET Crave
View ArticleMaking the long trip to Mars? Let NASA put you in a deep sleep
NASA’s looking for innovative ways to get a manned crew safely to the Red Planet. Could deep sleep hold the key to success? CNET Crave
View ArticleThe reason Mars One colonists could die will surprise you
Humans could begin moving to Mars as soon as 2024 as part of an ambitious Dutch reality-TV/space-exploration project, but a few MIT students say it might not be so simple. CNET Crave
View ArticleOrion blasts off for first test-flight in goal of humans on Mars
NASA’s 4.5-hour trial run is designed to test equipment that could one day carry humans to the Red Planet. CNET Crave
View ArticleThe CraveCast fails to grasp the desire to die on Mars
It’s official: the CraveCast is piloted by a crew of cowards who love space but love watching space operas here on Earth more. Also, we find “Star Wars” everywhere, except in that golden Buddha statue,...
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