FORGET the latest tarmac-tearing Lambo or racy EV – space cars are on the horizon, and we’re already seeing what they’ll look ...
NASA’s Mars return plan relies on assembling a full ascent vehicle directly on the Martian surface. The fuel for liftoff would be manufactured on Mars using local CO₂, drastically reducing launch mass ...
A development motor based on the second-stage solid rocket motor design for NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle undergoes testing March 29, 2023, at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. The ...
Pioneering research carried out by Kingston University is helping to pave the way for a manned mission to Mars. A project team based at the University’s School of Engineering has developed a robotic ...
Mars entry vehicle aerothermodynamics encapsulates the study of fluid dynamic and thermal phenomena encountered when a spacecraft penetrates the thin, predominantly CO₂ atmosphere of Mars. This field ...
NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program. The Mars Ascent Vehicle would be the first launch of a rocket from the surface of ...