The second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, said he wants humans to permanently occupy the planet Mars.
Speaking to the BBC, while wearing a “Get Your Ass to Mars” t-shirt, he said funding for space exploration by the US needs to be at least doubled if humans are going to land on Mars by 2035.
November 14th, 2014
‘Get your ass to Mars’: Buzz Aldrin wants humans to permanently occupy Mars Yahoo!
October 19th, 2014
Comet Siding Spring whizzes past Mars Yahoo!
A comet the size of a small mountain whizzed past Mars on Sunday, dazzling space enthusiasts with the once-in-a-million-years encounter.
The comet, known as Siding Spring (C/2013 A1), made its closest encounter with Mars on Sunday at 2:27 pm (1827 GMT), racing past the Red Planet at a breakneck 126,000 miles (203,000 kilometers) per hour.
At its closest, Siding Spring was 87,000 miles (139,500 kilometers) from Mars — less than half the distance between Earth and our moon.
September 21st, 2014
NASA Mars Orbiter Arrives at Red Planet Tonight: Watch It Live Yahoo!
A NASA spacecraft built to study the atmosphere of Mars like never before will arrive at the Red Planet tonight (Sept. 21) and you can watch it live online. After 10 months in deep-space, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft is expected to enter orbit around Mars and begin a one-year mission studying the planet’s upper atmosphere. The Mars arrival will cap a 442 million-mile (711 million kilometers) trek across the solar system.
April 14th, 2014
Monday’s Big Space Day: See a Rocket Launch, Mars and Total Lunar Eclipse Online Yahoo!
Monday may be a dream come true for space fans, with a rocket launch, Mars and total lunar eclipse aligned in a truly epic cosmic triple play of live webcasts online. ‘Space Monday’: Total lunar eclipse, rocket launch, brush with Mars Yahoo News
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SpaceX to Launch Robotic Capsule to Space Station Next Week SPACE.com
The events of Space Monday (April 14) begin in the late afternoon, when the private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch a robotic Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station. Once darkness falls, stargazers with clear skies can see Mars at its brightest (the Red Planet makes its closest approach to Earth since 2008 Monday), followed by a total eclipse of the moon in the overnight hours. Here’s how to watch the events live online:
April 7th, 2014
Opposition of Mars 2014: Sun, Earth and Mars to Align to Make Red Planet Brightest in Six Years Yahoo!
The Sun, Earth and Mars will align tomorrow night in a celestial event that only takes place once every few years.
Mars will appear at its brightest for the last six years on the night of 8 April, and stargazers should be able to see the red planet from sunset to sunrise on 9 April.
The opposition of Mars occurs when Earth comes closest to Mars for the year. However, this year’s is of particular significance because Earth will pass between the Sun and Mars at a particularly close distance, making the red planet the brightest it has been since December 2007.
Earth will come 0.621 astronomical units (92.9 million kilometres, 57.7m miles) from Mars. Six and a half years ago it was 0.600AU (89.7m km) from our planet.