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The future of Mars
- 58articles
- 2016first covered
- 14 Jan 2026latest update
- 2linked technologies
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- Elon Musk Shifts SpaceX Focus to Moon for AI Data CentersSpace
- Elon Musk wants to give Mars its own version of StarlinkSpace
- Neuromorphic computing breakthough enables blockchains on MarsComputing
- SpaceX unveils their new high tech space suit for Mars colonistsSpace
- NASA’s new deep space communications system is faster than your broadbandSpace
- NASA explores brain training to help astronauts live on the MoonAI and intelligence
- China’s space agency tests a first of a kind Stirling EngineEarth and energy
- NASA successfully tests the world’s first inflatable heat shieldSpace
- NASA successfully tests the world’s first inflatable heat shieldSpace
- NASA trials 3D printing electronics in low gravity in nod to future space coloniesIndustry and manufacturing
- NASA’s Martian autonomous cybersecurity defence test is a resounding successSecurity and privacy
- A new DARPA project is experimenting with living factories in spaceIndustry and manufacturing
- NASA wants to be the first to launch a rocket from another planet by 2026Space
- Hienz shows off the first ketchup from its Martian tomatoesIndustry and manufacturing
- These inflatable houses could be home to future MartiansSpace
- BIG and Icon 3D print Martian Vanacular habitat as NASA eyes Mars ambitionsIndustry and manufacturing
- NASA’s Perseverance rover makes oxygen on Mars in historic firstEarth and energy
- Scientists created a mini Aladdins Flying Carpet using nothing but lightEarth and energy
- Rocket fuel making algae farms on Mars could bring future colonists back homeEarth and energy
- SpaceX’s latest Starship SN8 test was a huge explosive successSpace
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX will make its own laws on Mars when it colonises the planetSpace
- Hassell and NASA show off their fantastic Martian habitat conceptsSpace
- ESA machine turns moondust into oxygen and metal to help first moon colonists surviveIndustry and manufacturing
- The US government unveils plans to build a nuclear power station on the MoonEarth and energy
- SpaceX’s Mars Starship aces first hop testsSpace
- SpaceX to build floating spaceports for rockets to the Moon and Mars, and hypersonic Earth travelTransport and mobility
- NASA unveils plans to grow homes on Mars and the Moon out of fungiIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists want to use a silica blanket to terraform MarsSpace
- Bioengineering breakthrough paves the way for tomorrow’s superplantsEarth and energy
- Scientists create Nanobionic plants that detect chemicals and could grow on MarsIndustry and manufacturing
- Here’s how NASA plans to build on Mars and the MoonSpace
- Russia unveils new nuclear powered spacecraft destined for MarsSpace
- SpaceX will launch it’s global satellite internet ambitions todayConnected society
- Dubai’s first Martian Colony will be on Earth, in DubaiIndustry and manufacturing
- NASA’s new ion thruster smashes all the recordsSpace
- Lockheed show off their orbiting Mars station conceptSpace
- Musk unveils his plan to put a million people on Mars starting 2024Space
- Travel to Mars for $200,000 on Elon Musk’s SpaceX ExpressSpace
- Maiden flight of SpaceX rocket that will take tourists to the Moon lifts off in three monthsSpace
- Elon Musk bought a boring machine but is it for LA or Mars?Transport and mobility
- The first Mars colony will be 3D printed from Martian dustSpace
- SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch will attempt upper stage recoverySpace
- Explorers wanted: American government tells NASA to get humanity to MarsSpace
- NASA unveils plans to restore Mars’ atmosphere within three yearsSpace
- Dubai heads to Mars, announces 2117 colonisation plansSpace
- NASA unveils its new Mars habitat conceptSpace
- SpaceX will launch 4,425 satellites to bring superfast broadband to the entire worldConnected society
- NASA is funding an artificial gravity programSpace
- Scientists petition the UN to create a sovereign space nationSpace
- The race is on as Boeing vows to beat SpaceX to MarsSpace
- NASA demos RASSOR their “Blue collar” robot that will mine Mars for rocket fuelSpace
- SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to get humans to Mars by 2022Space
- Space train concept can reach Mars in just 2 daysSpace
- SpaceX begins tests on the rocket that will take humans to MarsSpace
- ESA lays out plans to build a village on the MoonSpace
- SpaceX announces 2018 mission to MarsSpace
- Inside SpaceX’s mission to MarsSpace
- Elon Musk wants his space internet venture to fund a city on MarsConnected society
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