Join Explore Mars at the Space Exploration Alliance (SEA) Legislative Blitz that will be taking place Sunday, February 26, 2012 through Tuesday, February 28, 2012.in Washington, D.C.  With the proposed budget cuts for NASA Science the future of human and robotic space exploration is truly at stake.
We need to tell Congress and the Administration that space exploration [...]

robust life support systems as envisioned on Mars to grow food and recycle waste water.
Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, suggests using the ISS to train crews for the flight to Mars. They have proposed to expand the length of ISS expeditions to a year or even longer.  At present crews spend 6 months at the [...]

Topographic map from Mars Global Surveyor showing colour-coded altitudes; the blue areas are the lowest and correspond to the possible ancient ocean in the northern hemisphere. Credit: NASA/JPL
The ground penetrating radar (MARSIS) has found evidence that Mars once had a Northern Ocean. This can be read in an article by Jérémie Mouginot from the [...]