Human mission to Mars
A human mission to Mars has been seen in science fiction since the 1880s, and of aerospace engineering and scientific proposals since the late 1940s.
Plans include landing on Mars for exploration at a minimum, with some thinking about exploring its moons Phobos and Deimos.
Longterm proposals have included sending settlers and starting terraforming the planet.
The exploration of Mars has been a goal of national space programs for many years with planned missions typically being stated as taking place anywhere between 10 and 30 years.
Plans for a human mission to Mars may include a small group (between two and eight astronauts) would visit Mars for a period of a few weeks or year.[1]
Many spacecrafts have already landed on Mars and they include: Landed spacecraft on the surface of Mars: Mars 3, Viking 1, Viking 2, Mars Pathfinder and its Sojourner rover, Spirit, Opportunity, Phoenix, Curiosity, InSight, Beagle2 and Perseverance.
In April 2021, the Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment was able to create oxygen in the Martian atmosphere by using carbon dioxide.[2] Many believe this is the first step for a human mission to Mars as it will help humans create breathable oxygen.[2]
Human Mission To Mars Media
An artist's rendering of the Mars Ice Home concept.
The minimum distance between the orbits of Mars and Earth from 2014 to 2061, measured in astronomical units
Pictures of the planet Mars taken with the recently refurbished NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) will provide the most detailed global view of the red planet ever obtained from Earth. *The images were taken by HST's Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 on March 10, 1997, just before Mars opposition, when the red planet made one of its closest to the Earth (about 60 million miles or 100 million km).*These pictures were taken during three HST orbits that were separated by about six hours.
Comparison of radiation doses – includes the amount detected on the trip from Earth to Mars by the RAD inside the MSL (2011–2013). Vertical axis is in logarithmic scale, so the dose over a Mars year is about 15 times the DOE limit, not less than twice, as a quick glance might suggest.
Artistic vision of spacecraft providing artificial gravity by spinning (see also Centrifugal force)
Artist's rendering of the planned Orion/DSH/Cryogenic Propulsion Module assembly
Depiction of plants growing in a Mars base. NASA plans to grow plants for space food.
NASA has stated that robots will prepare an underground base for a human surface mission.
References
- ↑ Von Drehle, David (15 December 2020). Humans don't have to set foot on Mars to visit it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/humans-dont-have-to-set-foot-on-mars-to-visit-it/2020/12/15/b1df2afe-3f05-11eb-9453-fc36ba051781_story.html. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Potter, Sean (2021-04-21). "NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen from Red Planet". NASA. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
