Searching for extraterrestrial life, especially on Mars, has always been one of the most important goals of space exploration. With abundant evidence of the existence of water in the past, the red planet has become a leading candidate in the hunt for microbial life forms in the Solar System. Although …
Future Mars Mission Projects
Mars has long been an important target in human space exploration programs. The red planet not only holds mysteries about the possibility of life in the past, but is also a potential place for future human settlement missions. With successes from missions such as NASA’s Perseverance or China’s Tianwen-1, countries …
Mars Express Spacecraft Explores Mars From Orbit
Mars Express is the first spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) to explore the planet Mars, launched in June 2003 and began its exploration journey from Mars orbit in December of the same year. The Mars Express is designed to comprehensively study the red planet, from the planet’s surface, …