Tag: travel to mars

NASA has successfully tested the ‘Loftid’ technology to put humans on Mars

December 4, 2022

NASA has tested lofted technology that it hopes will help land humans on Mars. The full name of the mission is Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID). The system consists of a heat shield, a probe, a propulsion system and a parachute, all of which are connected by circular tubes of air connected…

Mission Mars

September 4, 2021

The Red Planet has captured our interest for centuries, and it has been featured extensively in science fiction books and movies. Mars has been the subject of robotic exploration since the 1960s. Since 1965, NASA has been sending missions to explore Mars and sharing images and knowledge about our curious neighbor. Mars is the second…