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Destination Mars: the UAE's Hope Probe prepares for launch

The UAE's Mars mission is preparing for launch. After 7 months the Hope Probe will enter into orbit around #Mars and will be the first mission to another planet from any Arab nation.

United Arab Emirates

Preventing the contamination of other planets

Decontamination is a requirement for travel to outer space by international space law.

United Arab Emirates

UAE Mars probe could help battle climate change on Earth

While orbiting Mars, the Emirati ‘Hope’ probe will collect data that may help us understand planet Earth’s changing climate.

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How Mars might hold the key to better understanding climate change

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The UAE sets its sights on Mars with the Hope probe due to launch this Summer to unlock the secrets of the red planet's puzzling history.

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Green News

Scientists are growing mustard and strawberries to survive on Mars

Scientists in Prague are growing food in Aeroponic conditions to survive the extreme weather on Mars.

United Kingdom

Watch: Designers showcase fashion and interiors fit for life on Mars

Should NASA's plans come to fruition, one day there will be (human) life on Mars. Designers are showcasing what future Martians might wear and how they might live.

World News

ESA probe captures new photos of 700km dried-up river system on Mars

ESA probe captures new photos of 700km dried-up river system on Mars

USA

Next mission to the moon to be a testing ground for Mars, says NASA

A mission to Mars could come as early as 2033, Bridenstine told reporters on Monday.

Italy

360° video: This is how engineers train to drive on Mars

In two years, Europans will land their first rover on Mars. Do you know how engineers will drive a vehicle that's more than 50,000,000 kilometres away? For this 360° report we went to the training ground in Turin to find out.

USA

Watch: 3D-printed Mars dwelling wins NASA prize

The home is made from a biodegradable biopolymer basalt composite, ideal for a sustainable space mission.

World

Partnerships boost UAE's space ambitions

The UAE space programme is striking partnerships with established space players as it seeks to turn its space dreams of Mars exploration and human spaceflight into reality.

Spain

This competition thinks it's found the best recipe to cook on Mars

Contestants in a Spanish cooking competition had to come up with a dish that was both tasty but could also be transported to and prepared on the red planet.

World News

NASA's Mars Opportunity over as the rover dies after 15 years

The durable NASA rover that rolled along Mars for 15 years has died, NASA announced on Thursday.

United Kingdom

Europe's Mars rover named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin

"This name reminds us that it is in the human genes to explore," the European Space Agency said.

USA

2018 Review: A vintage year in Mars exploration

2018 was a vintage year for Mars exploration. NASA's InSight landed on its surface, we found a lake under the south pole, and the ESA-Roscosmo ExoMars rover began to be built in the UK.

USA

Sending people to Mars is 'stupid,' says former US astronaut

Bill Anders was on the first mission to successfully orbit the Moon in 1968.

World News

Mars Express snaps 'winter wonderland' photo of ice-filled crater

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express beamed back images of the Red Planet's Korolev crater covered with what appears to be a large patch of fresh, untrodden snow.

World News

NASA spacecraft captures first ever 'sounds' of wind on Mars

NASA's InSight lander recorded the 'unworldly' sound of Martian wind

USA

NASA to privatise lunar deliveries, use moon as gateway to Mars

NASA has selected nine American companies to develop technologies for lunar deliveries launched from Earth.

World News

Euroviews. The week that was: Jumping into the unknown on Mars, Brexit and AI

A weekly round-up of the discussions on View that have been driving debate across Europe and further afield.