NASA wants to send flying swarms of robot 'bees' to explore Mars
NASA commissioned a team of scientists to develop bio-inspired 'bees' to explore Mars.The tiny drones will have bumblebee shaped bodies and wings inspired by cicadas, the optimal shape for generating...
View ArticleElon Musk just unveiled a giant tool SpaceX will use to build the biggest and...
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, revealed a photo on instagram of a giant tool that will help build "Big Falcon Rocket" spaceships.The tool is a huge mold to create a carbon-fiber composite body for...
View ArticleSpaceX's president says Mars is a 'fixer-upper planet' and just a first step...
SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell spoke at the 2018 TED Conference in Vancouver on Wednesday.Shotwell said SpaceX will put humans on Mars"within a decade for sure"— a longer timeline than Elon...
View ArticleElon Musk says he'll colonize Mars — but the closest we've come was this...
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has spoken often of colonizing Mars with his company SpaceX.Many experts believe that setting up a crewed Martian outpost is possible if not inevitable.However, the...
View ArticleMars colonists will get blasted with radiation levels 8 times higher than...
NASA and SpaceX want to send people to Mars.However, radiation in deep space and on the surface of the red planet poses a major threat.Solving the threats posed by radiation will be essential to...
View ArticleNASA's $850-million mission to Mars is about to launch — here are 13...
NASA is about to launch InSight: a new, $850-million Mars lander that will probe the red planet's secrets like never before.InSight is slated to lift off on Saturday, which is one day after...
View ArticleNASA is launching a quake-hunting lander to Mars today — here's how to watch...
NASA's Mars InSight lander is set to take off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on Saturday.The InSight will take six months to reach Mars, where it will drill into the red planet and measure...
View ArticleNASA has launched a new probe to Mars — here are all the dramatic pictures of...
NASA's InSight mission to Mars got off to a successful start Saturday morning.An Atlas 5 rocket bearing the InSight lander took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at around 4 a.m. local...
View ArticleA former NASA scientist says 'The Martian' movie 'is completely doable.' But...
A former NASA scientist says "The Martian" sci-fi book and movie "is completely doable."The movie depicts a temporary Mars outpost with pre-delivered supplies and habitats.But Elon Musk, the founder of...
View ArticleAstronauts may one day use this tube to eat, drink, breathe, and recycle poop...
Elon Musk and SpaceX want to permanently colonize Mars, but traditional life support systems have finite supplies of air, food, and water.Plants and bacteria can recycle astronaut waste while growing...
View ArticleIt's official: NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars for the first time in 2020
NASA is launching a car-size nuclear-powered rover to Mars in 2020.The space agency confirmed on Friday that the spacecraft will also carry a sidekick helicopter.To stay aloft in the thin Martian air,...
View ArticleA tiny satellite bound for Mars just snapped a photo of Earth that will make...
When NASA launched its InSight Mars lander on May 5, it also sent along two small, identical satellites, collectively called Mars Cube One.One of the backpack-size "CubeSat" spacecraft recently took a...
View ArticleWhat humans will look like on Mars
Colonizing Mars might be the best chance to ensure the human species survival in the future. In order to adapt to Mar’s hostile living conditions, our bodies will evolve in ways that might end up with...
View ArticleA 27-year-old entrepreneur reveals how he snagged $500,000 from Mark Cuban...
Relativity Space is a 3D-rocket-printing startup founded by engineers named Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone.The two didn't have many connections in the investing world, so when they built their company,...
View ArticleNASA is announcing a big new discovery about Mars today — here's how to watch...
NASA is announcing a new discovery about Mars on Thursday.The Curiosity Rover, which has been roaming the Martian surface for nearly six years, beamed back the data that led to the finding.You can...
View ArticleThe case for alien life on Mars just got stronger, thanks to NASA's Curiosity...
NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover has spent years analyzing the red planet's methane levels, and discovered they ebb and flow on a seasonal cycle.The rover has also drilled into some ancient rocks called...
View ArticleThe chairman of the $35 billion chocolate giant Mars shares a simple piece of...
Mars Inc is one of the biggest family-owned companies in the world, with more than $35 billion in annual sales. The 106-year-old company is known for its iconic candy brands, including Snickers,...
View ArticleNASA's Mars rover is battling a dust storm the size of North America
NASA's Mars Opportunity rover has hit a problem: A dust storm the size of North America.The exploration rover has been forced into hibernation mode since last week by the raging Red Planet storm.It...
View ArticleThe company behind some of the most popular candies in the world is quietly...
Mars Inc is one of the biggest family-owned companies in the world, with more than $35 billion in annual sales.The 106-year-old company is known for its iconic candy brands, including Snickers,...
View ArticleA dust storm large enough to cover North America and Russia is engulfing Mars...
A global dust storm has engulfed Mars, and NASA says it's "one of the most intense ever observed."The dust storm's total area is big enough to cover North American and Russia.From the perspective of...
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