Mars University Tour: 6th-10th May
We are preparing the Mars University Tour from 6th to 10th May: A series of talks in some Universities and Research Centres in Italy to discuss about the Human Exploration of Mars. Special Guest Robert Zubrin.
End of Opportunity Mission
After 15 years of service Opportunity rover on Mars stops his mission. Nasa announcing the completion of its mission. After a dust storm in June 2018 the sun radiation has no more reached the solar panesl of the rover. The battery level has dropped and it has no more possible to recover the rover from…
Vytah conference – Bratislava – Slovakia – 20 March 2019
An interesting conference on Space The Vytah Conference 20 March 2019 :https://www.vytahconf.com/ We are part of this in a series of talks on Mars Exploration.
Europen Rover Challenge 2019
European Rover Challenge is organized this year in Kielce, Poland 13th-15 September 2019. Further information on http://roverchallenge.eu
Announcing Mars To Earth Conference : 11-12 April 2019
We organize the second edition of the Mars To Earth Conference, www.marstoearth.org, at Pirelli skyscraper, Milan 11-12 April 2019. The conference includes the Mars To Earth Award, a prize for students in two categories, for the best Mars project and the best Mars/ space apps. Abstracts and posters submission deadline is 20th March 2019.
China’s Chang’e-4 mission starts on Moon
This China’s Chang’e-4 mission is the first mission on Moon after many years. With that the Chinese space organization has demonstrated to make a serious effort to push for the human exploration of Space.
Winter on Mars on Korolev crater
ESA supplies pictures of Koralve crater on Mars with clear evidence of an ice bacin located in the crater. The pictures are taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, collected in different years. Korolev crater glacier has a thickness of about 2 km. Who knows if one day human skiers will have fun on such…
Course on Python programming for Mars Robotics
We teach the second course on Python programminig for Mars robotics to the schools of robotics (https://www.scuoladirobotica.it) in Italy.
Caltech study confirms oxygen in water on Mars
Caltech study confirms oxygen in water on Mars. On Nature Geoscience a new study highlights the solubility of O2 in brines under Martian near-surface conditions. Higher concetrations of O2 are foreseen in polar regions. The study suggest that there can be near-surface environments on Mars with sufficient O2 available for aerobic microbes to breathe. a view of radar Marsis discovery…
Partecipation at IAC 2018
A huge stuff for human exploration of Mars at Iac 2018 in Bremen. We have been part of that presenting our research work and our technlogy.