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Now playing Next Home Could humans be calling this inflatable house home on the Red Planet? The two artists behind the project have spent seven years building a house that’s more about living on Mars rather than just surviving. 19/08/2022
Now playing Next Mobility The Moon then Mars? NASA is readying itself to land humans by 2025 As a first step, the Artemis program will send an unmanned spacecraft to orbit the Moon with mannequins and torsos made of simulated human tissue onboard to test how the voyage will affect human beings. 16/08/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Europe cuts ties with Russia over Mars rover mission The European Space Agency has officially terminated a joint European-Russian rover mission to Mars amid political tensions caused by the war in Ukraine. 13/07/2022
Now playing Next Mobility One giant leap for mankind on Mars by 2030? SpaceX thinks so Elon Musk’s company has set itself the ambitious task to make space travel accessible for humanity. 09/05/2022
Now playing Next no comment NASA’s Perseverance rover captures footage of solar eclipse on Mars NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured footage of Phobos, one of Mars’s two moons, crossing the face of the sun on April 2, NASA said. 22/04/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Is this what astronauts will use to build colonies on the Moon? If NASA adopts FLEX and its payload platform, it would become the first passenger-capable rover to ply the lunar surface since Apollo 17 in the 1970s. 12/03/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Astronauts train for life on Mars with rocks on Earth The ESA’s Pangaea project is designed to equip astronauts with essential geology training so they can execute manned missions to the Moon and Mars. 14/12/2021
Now playing Next Mobility NASA’s 10 new astronauts could one day walk on the Moon or Mars NASA has revealed its latest cohort of astronauts. The six men and four women could be picked for upcoming missions to the Moon or Mars. 07/12/2021
Now playing Next Eco-Innovation Astronauts settle into their Martian base camp on Earth A mock base camp in the Israeli desert is hosting a month-long simulation for what it could be like to live on Mars. 23/10/2021
Now playing Next Mobility How Europe is planning to send the first woman to the Moon The ESA-NASA collaboration will develop a vital part of the Orion spacecraft which will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. 21/10/2021
Now playing Next no comment In the Israeli desert, astronauts simulate "life on Mars" Equipped with space suits, astronauts advance with heavy steps towards a Martian station erected in a crater in Israel. 10/10/2021
Now playing Next Biztech news Tech this week: A lake on Mars confirmed and a 90 year-old in space William Shatner brings Star Trek to life with space trip and are we closer to knowing about life on Mars? 10/10/2021
Now playing Next Biztech news NASA’s Perseverance Rover takes important step in hunt for alien life NASA’s Perseverance Rover took its first Mars rock sample last week and it could be key to discovering if there has ever been life on Mars. 08/09/2021
Now playing Next Nature These are the endangered plants we could grow on Mars The soil on Mars is thought to be rich in iron, meaning leafy green vegetables could thrive. 18/08/2021
Now playing Next Mobility NASA wants volunteers for a year-long Mars mission. There's a catch. The bad news: you don’t actually get to go to Mars, it’s a simulation. Or is that good news? 11/08/2021
Now playing Next Mobility China releases images taken by its Zhurong rover on Mars China is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars, after the United States. 11/06/2021
Now playing Next Mobility Sleeping fish hold the key to surviving manned missions to Mars Zebrafish are remarkably similar to humans, especially when it comes to sleep. Could they help us travel deeper into space? 08/06/2021
Now playing Next Biztech news China's Zhurong rover roams the surface of Mars for the first time China's Mars Rover, Zhurong left its module for the first time for a successful drive around on the surface of the Red Planet. 22/05/2021
Now playing Next Biztech news China makes first landing on Mars, rover to search for signs of life China’s first Mars landing follows its launch last month of the main section of what will be a permanent space station and a mission that brought back rocks from the Moon. 15/05/2021
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Now playing Next Mobility Company producing oxygen from Moon soil is making Mars missions easier Entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are determined to get human beings to the Moon and Mars. This company, which has found a way to produce oxygen from soil on the Moon, may help them to get us there. 06/05/2021
Now playing Next Mobility Is this Turkish lake how Mars looked over a billion years ago? Lake Salda has long attracted visitors. But last year, it caught the attention of NASA researchers who think it could help identify ancient life on the Red Planet. 28/04/2021