News tagged with mars mission

Russia delays Mars probe launch until 2012: report

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Sep 16, 2009 | 4 / 5 (3) | 2

Russia will pushed back its flagship satellite mission to Mars' moon until 2011 in a move which will delay the joint launch of China's first Mars probe, space sources were cited as saying Wednesday.

Rocket to Launch Inflatable Re-entry Capsule

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Aug 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Inflatable aircraft are not a new idea. Hot air balloons have been around for more than two centuries and blimps are a common sight over many sports stadiums. But it's hard to imagine an inflatable ...

Mission accomplished: 105-day Mars mission simulation ends in Moscow

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Jul 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A crew of six today completed their simulated Mars mission after leaving a special isolation facility in Moscow, Russia, for the first time in 105 days. Their mission is part of the Mars500 ...

105-day Mars simulation: US studies focus on improving work performance

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Jul 13, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

From March 31 to July 14, a six-man international crew called an isolation chamber in Moscow their home. The crew, composed of four Russians and two Europeans, simulated a 105-day Mars mission full of experiments and realistic ...

Europe names crew for Mars 'mission'

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Feb 26, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 4

The European Space Agency (ESA) on Friday named a Frenchman and a German who will join four Russians in an innovative 105-day isolation experiment to test whether humans can one day fly to Mars.

Next NASA Mars Mission Rescheduled for 2011

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Dec 04, 2008 | 4 / 5 (6) | 0

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will launch two years later than previously planned, in the fall of 2011. The mission will send a next-generation rover with unprecedented research tools to study the early environmental ...

Mars Odyssey Shifting Orbit for Extended Mission

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Oct 10, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets.

Mars Sample Return: bridging robotic and human exploration

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Jul 21, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (8) | 0

The first robotic mission to return samples to Earth from Mars took a further step toward realisation with the recent publication of a mission design report by the iMARS Working Group. The report, defines ...