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The Mars Society Germany proposed a crewed Mars mission using several launches of a heavy-lift rocket derived from the Ariane 5. Roughly five launches would be required to send a crew of five on a 1200-day mission, with a payload of 120,000 kg (260,000 lb). Total project cost was estimated to be 10 to 15 billion euros. [110]
Shorter Mars mission plans have round-trip flight times of 400 to 450 days, [11] or under 15 months for an opposition-class expedition, but would require significantly higher energy. A fast Mars mission of 245 days (8.0 months) round trip could be possible with on-orbit staging. [12]
SpaceX's early missions to Mars are to involve small fleets of Starship spacecraft, funded by public–private partnerships. [33] SpaceX has stated on several occasions aspirational plans to build a crewed base on Mars for an extended surface presence, which it hopes will grow into a self-sufficient colony. [34] [35]
The announcement comes just two days after China’s space agency pushed forward its own mission to Mars by two years. The Tianwen-3 sample return mission will now take place in 2028, according to ...
Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) is a planned spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold. [3] [2] The mission, once expected to launch in October 2024, is part of NASA's SIMPLEx program.
Last year, the agency said it was revising plans for the mission due to the estimated cost and long wait time for the samples' return journey to Earth. NASA exploring two lower-cost options to go ...
SpaceX founder Elon Musk just announced plans for vehicles that could take us to Mars.
Mars Direct is the mission mode used in Gregory Benford's novel The Martian Race, Geoffrey A. Landis's novel Mars Crossing, Larry Niven's novel Rainbow Mars, Robert M. Blevins' novel The 13th Day of Christmas, as well as Zubrin's own novel, First Landing. Mars Direct forms the basis for the 2000 film Mission to Mars.