mars

Series can be seen over on Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lockheedmartin/albums/72157689489028895

Couldn't find an existing thread for this. http://m.aviationweek.com/space/nasa-keeping-nuclear-thermal-option-open-mars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMXWsiaEK6Q https://science.slashdot.org/story/16/07/19/0157238/taiwan-building-lunar-lander-for-nasa-moon-mining-mission The 'Proving Ground' project is intended to develop and launch the Prospector, which in turn is primarily intended as a technology testbed...

NASA's Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch http://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1922 http://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/images/?ImageID=7909

I've added a new article on Philip Bono's work on the Encyclopedia Astronautica at: http://www.astronautix.com/b/bono.html You may notice I've reorganized and reformatted the site, and am now (after some time) begun adding new and updated content. So please visit regularly to see what is new -...

http://www.space.com/28248-mars-lander-beagle-2-update.html http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36541.0 http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30784886 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11349858/Beagle-2-has-vanishing-probe-finally-been-found-LIVE.html...

Requirements and capabilities for planetary missions. Volume 2: Mars polar orbiter penetrator 1981 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19760014153.pdf For details on the penetrators planned to be used see the thread "Hughes/Sandia - Pioneer Mars Orbiter (1974)"...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/11232982/How-Rosetta-comet-mission-is-putting-Space-City-Stevenage-on-the-map.html

Belated congratulations to India on it's first successful Mars probe! http://www.space.com/27264-indian-spacecraft-first-mars-photos.html http://www.space.com/topics/india-mars-orbiter-mission/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29307123...

it seems that NASA screw up the Sterilization process on Curiosity rover before Launch according this Source http://www.nature.com/news/microbial-stowaways-to-mars-identified-1.15249 Curiosity rover was launch with 377 bacteria strains, 41 of those must survived the Trip and now living on Mars…

Marsokhod was soviet design for Rover on Mars, by VNII Transmash, View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IfpwkQ2598 Here is a early documentation about the program. (Russia audio only) View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxewoGbsvao 1990 documentation on Lunokhod and Marsokhod program...

Beyond Apollo: The God of Gainful Employment: Project Hyreus (1993)

1974 proposal by Martin-Marietta to modify the Viking lander to allow a Mars surface sample to returned in the early 1980s. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740022177_1974022177.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19750006729_1975006729.pdf...

Viking 3 lander with ELMS http://spacescience.spaceref.com/newhome/headlines/msad28apr98_1b.htm

After the cancellation of Voyager(Mars) in 1967 NASA started up a new series of studies to come up with a spacecraft for the 1973 launch opportunity. This Martin-Marietta designed soft-lander of 1969 was intended to put the maximum payload weight on the surface of Mars using a mission profile...

Artist's impression of unmanned Martian reconnaissance vehicle concept press photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Boeing-Minute-Man-Missile-Martian-Reconnaissance-vehicle-Press-Photo-/190706754178?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c67022282

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki_Af_o9Q9s&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqdoXwLBT8&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syA7ml64zY4&feature=plcp Not bad for a PR piece.

1965 (Pre-Mariner 4 Atmosphere) design for a hard landing capsule designed to take 1 high resolution photograph of the surface of Mars and then transmit it back to Earth over a period of four days. The camera used would appear to be a distant ancestor of those eventually used on the Viking...

Kaman Moon Helicopter concept circa 1967 artist's impression found on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kaman-helicopter-use-moon-planets-artist-concept-8x10-1965-/370580580978?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item564852ea72

Concerned about the cost of Viking 1 & 2, NASA looked at lower cost alternatives for the 1977 & 1979 Mars launch opportunities . One of the proposed missions was to use a modified version of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter to carry six RTG powered penetrators to Mars. Once the spacecraft entered...