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NASA is sending its inflatable Mars Ice Home into space

Before astronauts ever venture to Mars, materials for a red planet habitat will undergo space testing. The inflatable...

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UAE unveils plans for massive city simulating human settlement on Mars

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced plans to build a 1.9-million-square-foot city that will simulate conditions...

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NASA unveils plan to make oxygen on Mars

Future Mars colonists are going to need oxygen, and NASA has a plan to make it. Their Mars 2020 Rover will be equipped...

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Scientists use Martian dust to 3D print tools

Food and transportation aren't the only aspects of a mission to Mars scientists must consider. Limited cargo space...

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6 space farming projects that could save the human race

What will humans eat on Mars? It's a daunting question: the red planet's frigid average temperature is around negative...

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President Obama says we’ll be heading to Mars by the 2030s

President Barack Obama is setting his sights towards Mars. Recently, the president penned an opinion piece for...

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Six scientists just completed a year-long simulated Mars mission

Around a year ago, six scientists entered a solar-powered dome on the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii to study how...

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Inhabitat’s top 6 green technology and science stories of 2014

This year there was a range of technological innovations that could not only improve our lives but help save...

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NASA planning to launch Orion test flight this week as first step towards Mars missions

NASA plans to launch the first Orion spacecraft this Thursday, in an uncrewed test flight that is the next step...

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NASA Confirms “Impossible” Propellant-free Microwave Thruster for Spacecraft Works!

Designs for a device called a microwave thruster, which could power spacecraft without the need for propellant,...

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United Arab Emirates to Launch Unmanned Mission to Mars by 2021

The United Arab Emirates just announced that it's setting up a Space Agency - and it plans to send an unmanned...

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Infographic: How Mars One Plans to Establish the First Colony on the Red Planet

Did you know that if you are at least 18 years old, in good mental and physical condition, and have no plans to...

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NASA Astronauts On Mars Mission Will Eat 100% Vegan Menu

As NASA gears up for its proposed manned missions to Mars in 2030, the space administration's Advanced Food Technology...

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