We Asked a NASA Expert: How Long Does It Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? [Video]
Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...
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Here’s why Mars looks like it’s about to stop, change direction in the night sky
Its stop and turnaround in its orbit is because Earth is passing Mars at a faster rate of speed. On average, Mars goes into retrograde every 26 months, according to BBC Science Focus. Mars moves ...
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NASA: Mars Might Have Ripped Apart Asteroid to Build Its Moons
Mars is probably smaller than you think. It's just half the size of Earth, with barely a third of its mass. Even the Martian ...
SpaceX Starship Poised To Land First Humans On Mars, But Not Till 2031
Robert Zubrin, the planet’s leading strategist for landing humans on Mars, predicts SpaceX’s Starship will win the race to ...
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Spacecraft Takes Time to Shoot Mars' More Mysterious Moon as It Heads Deep Into Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) fires up three of the instruments on the Hera spacecraft and takes images of the smaller ...
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This fusion-powered rocket could halve the time it takes to get to Mars
A UK startup has unveiled a new fusion-powered space rocket concept called Sunbird for interplanetary travel to Mars — and ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper uses Mars to go the distance
On March 1, NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity assist—a maneuver to bend the spacecraft's trajectory and ...
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From Earth to Mars: Transporting spin information at the speed of light
The presence of spin-orbit coupling, which is also responsible ... potentially making it the fastest mode of communication between Earth and Mars. It will also greatly benefit the development ...