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What's happening
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A series of political and corporate developments occurred in Texas, including Hinojosa's gubernatorial win and Musk's political spending, alongside SpaceX's Mars colonization plans.Well supported3 reports3 developments inside
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ESA mission studies Martian volcanic fissures, with scientist Daniel Mège from the Polish Academy of Sciences involved.Some support1 report
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NASA is planning human missions to Mars, and Ellen Ellis spoke about the CHAPEA mission.Well supported8 reports
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NASA is sending a payload to Marius Hills Pit as part of its Artemis research plans, utilizing SpaceX technology.Some support1 report
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Martian meteorites reached Earth, while discoveries were made in Western Sahara and Mali, alongside updates on JPL's location.Some support1 report
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Hershey partnered with VitaKey to develop protein powder, citing Mars as a successful rival.Some support1 report
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Cadbury introduced Heroes chocolate tubs to compete with Mars.Some support1 report
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Elon Musk is pursuing the goal of settling Mars, a vision inspired by Robert Zubrin and mentioned in SpaceX prospectuses.Well supported13 reports1 development inside
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A Mayor challenges Elon Musk's Mars colonization plan, urging humans to prioritize the care of Earth.Some support1 report
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A Japanese-led project is focusing research efforts on the moons of Mars.Some support1 report1 development inside
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JAXA launched a spacecraft using the H3 rocket to explore Mars's moon.Some support3 reports
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NASA is driving the Artemis program to establish a permanent lunar base, which is required before missions can proceed to Mars.Well supported11 reports4 developments inside
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American companies are partnering for lunar payloads, with Artemis findings informing future Mars mission planning.Some support1 report
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Musk's ventures are facing headwinds from Congress and the Trump administration while simultaneously pursuing ambitious goals like colonizing Mars.Some support1 report1 development inside
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The article covers multiple topics: future missions utilizing the Moon to reach Mars, the anniversary of the 1969 lunar landing, and stargazing conditions in specific locations.Some support1 report4 developments inside
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ISRO plans a crewed lunar landing mission and utilizes Vikas engine technology for future Mars missions.Some support1 report
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Research highlights comparing the thin atmosphere of Mars to Earth's, focusing on Martian dust storms.Some support1 report1 development inside
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Rocket Lab and Motiv are poised to lead commercial Mars Sample Return missions, having built components for the Perseverance rover.Some support3 reports
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Chinese Academy of Sciences leads a project to create a new geologic map of Mars.Some support1 report1 development inside
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Geological models of Earth inform Mars study.Well supported3 reports1 development inside
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Milo Barham discussed with Tom Mann research connecting the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia to the search for life on Mars.Some support1 report
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SpaceX is reportedly targeting Amazon's market valuation while utilizing Starlink for its services, led by Elon Musk.Well supported7 reports2 developments inside
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Elon Musk is associated with SpaceX's reputation.Well supported4 reports1 development inside
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During a summit in Paris, Europe is discussing its future ambitious role in deep space exploration, including operations related to the Moon and future missions to Mars, led by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher.Some support2 reports1 development inside
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Following his successful flight on Artemis II, Jeremy Hansen is central to Canada's push to become a launch hub for future Mars exploration.Some support1 report
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A company is establishing a new production center in Hancock County, Mississippi, utilizing the high-speed uncrewed boat MARS.Some support2 reports
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The Armstrong Flight Research Center is supporting research for future landings on Mars, with specific personnel assigned to key roles.Some support2 reports
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New research published findings on Martian interior structure.Some support1 report
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Rocket Lab proposed architecture for Mars infrastructure, challenged Blue Origin's NASA award, and Congress appropriated funds for Mars telecommunications.Some support2 reports
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Venus enters Cancer, while Mars moves into Gemini, and the Sun and Jupiter continue their transits through various zodiac signs.Some support1 report1 development inside
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The future of Mars exploration faces hurdles including securing adequate funding, establishing property rights for human settlement, and leveraging mission successes for commercial ventures.Some support2 reports2 developments inside
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Amidst Tianwen-3's progress, the future of US Mars exploration is uncertain, marked by canceled missions, funding cuts proposed by Trump, and new commercial offers.Some support1 report
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Slingshot targets Mars moon Phobos for resource scanning, led by the SETI Institute, using Raman spectroscopy.Some support2 reports
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Trump signed an order on nuclear power criticalities while NASA announced its SR-1 Freedom mission to Mars, supported by INL microreactor technology.Well supported4 reports1 development inside
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Researchers at the University of Amsterdam detail how a 3D printing method utilizing water as a refrigerant could be applied to future missions to Mars.Some support1 report
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating market monopolisation and transparency.Some support1 report
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SpaceX plans human settlement on Mars, while its IPO on Nasdaq competes with Saudi Aramco's IPO.Well supported6 reports3 developments inside
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Texas A&M University System, H-E-B, and Mars have formed a partnership aimed at combating food insecurity.Some support1 report
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Mars (the company) is accused of shrinkflation, specifically reducing product size and weight.Some support2 reports
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A Mars-sized body struck young Earth, and dating results regarding the event were published by Simon Wilde in Nature.Some support2 reports
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New research suggests Mars may hold significant mineral wealth and its systems can be compared to Earth's plate tectonics.Some support1 report1 development inside
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China is leading the Tianwen-3 mission to Mars, where the Perseverance rover has been operating since 1997.Some support2 reports1 development inside
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Researchers used the SHERLOC instrument on the Perseverance rover while exploring Jezero Crater on Mars.Well supported3 reports1 development inside
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Researchers are comparing the atmospheric and surface conditions of Venus to those of Earth and Mars.Some support1 report1 development inside
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Hope is selling plots on Mars while John Travolta purchases a lunar plot deed.Some support1 report
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The Phoenix Mars Lander mission is actively seeking evidence of past water and life on Mars.Some support2 reports
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Deniz Burnham serves as a flight engineer on the International Space Station mission and is contributing to the foundation of long-duration missions to Mars.Some support2 reports
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On July 30, 2026, multiple space programs achieved major milestones regarding Mars, including successful landings and successful missions.Some support1 report
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SpaceX is advancing its long-term goals by developing technology and showcasing plans for establishing a colony on Mars.Some support2 reports
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Successful powered flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in the thin Martian atmosphere, serving as an aerial scout for the Perseverance rover.Some support2 reports
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NASA and USGS are advancing space exploration efforts, developing space-hardened versions and instruments like AVIRIS for the Moon and Mars.Some support2 reports1 development inside
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NASA sets dust exposure limits and addresses hazards from lunar dust affecting astronauts and future Mars missions.Some support1 report
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The US has expressed fears regarding China's rising scientific ambitions, specifically concerning future resource utilization on Mars.Some support2 reports
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Earth's extremophiles are being studied to inform potential life on Mars, according to Pioneer Labs.Well supported6 reports
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The European Space Agency is currently utilizing the OMEGA instrument aboard the Mars Express orbiter to explore minerals on Mars, alongside the launch of the ExoMars rover.Some support2 reports1 development inside
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A Psyche mission successfully provided an enhanced-color mosaic of Mars, which featured a large crater.Some support1 report
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Lauren Edgar expressed support for Mars rover exploration efforts, while Anna Menon completed a private mission.Some support1 report
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Researchers studied Mars's subsurface geology and crust using data recorded by the INSIGHT mission.Well supported5 reports2 developments inside
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Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Royalty Trust generated royalties from production in the Mars block.Some support1 report
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Elon Musk's wealth is being compared to Larry Page's and Jeff Bezos's peak net worth, while SpaceX announces its goal of colonizing Mars.Well supported7 reports1 development inside
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Around Mars this week
News at the entities that move Mars most-
Elon Musk StructuralIPO debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange on June 12, 2026, while Elon Musk made a donation to Donald Trump's re-election campaign.Moves Mars
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Rocket Lab OperationalRocket Lab delivered satellites for HawkEye 360 and announced its acquisition of Iridium Communications.Moves Mars
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Donald Trump Shared contextNPR investigated a detention plan implemented by the Trump administration, involving DHS policy officials.Moves Mars
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Blue Origin StructuralTesting of the New Glenn rocket took place at Cape Canaveral for Amazon Kuiper internet satellites.Moves Mars
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Firefly Aerospace OperationalFirefly Aerospace delivered rocket engines to AST SpaceMobile, forming a new partnership between the two companies.Moves Mars
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory OperationalResearchers from JPL, Finland, and Eric Rignot are studying glacier dynamics and mass loss in Antarctica, impacting sea-level rise projections.Moves Mars
Connections
The 40 strongest of 146, analyzed from the reporting. The bars show how strongly a change on one side reaches the other.-
Blue Origin Structural
Blue Origin is developing technology and securing contracts to achieve goals related to Mars exploration.
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Champion Structural
Mars is the parent company of Champion.
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Kellanova Structural
Mars completed a $36bn acquisition of Kellanova, establishing a controlling structural relationship.
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Elon Musk Structural
Musk's professional incentives and long-term goals are structurally tied to the colonization and settlement of Mars.
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Claire Hewitt Structural
Claire Hewitt serves as an executive within the operational structure of the Mars mission/entity.
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Rocket Lab Operational
Rocket Lab is actively proposing and leading missions and infrastructure for commercial exploration of Mars.
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Earth Mentioned together
Earth and Mars are scientifically compared, with geological and biological data from one informing studies of the other.
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Jeff Bezos Operational
Jeff Bezos is actively pursuing ambitious space exploration goals, including missions utilizing advanced landers for planetary targets.
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Anton Vincent Shared context
Anton Vincent leads a division whose operations are documented as taking place on Mars.
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Peter Gibson Transactional
Peter Gibson invented an antenna that was utilized in a mission targeting Mars.
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Firefly Aerospace Operational
Firefly Aerospace is actively engaged in building mission-specific hardware, including aeroshells, for operations targeting Mars.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Operational
JPL conducts missions and tests hardware for the exploration and study of Mars.
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Shared context
JAXA is conducting the MMX mission, launching probes and spacecraft toward Mars and its moons.
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Slingshot Shared context
Slingshot is focused on Mars' moon Phobos as a target for future scanning missions.
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Butler County Structural
Mars utilizes the administrative structure of Butler County to access CDBG funding.
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Jeremy Hansen Mentioned together
The relationship is defined by the mission context where Jeremy Hansen's exploration goals are focused on establishing a presence on Mars.
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Artemis Shared context
Artemis is a programmatic effort whose ultimate goal is to enable future human missions to Mars.
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Department of Earth Sciences Shared context
A government research body utilizes data to study the geological structure of Mars.
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Italy Operational
The Università di Trieste in Italy contributes scientific input to studies concerning Mars.
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Lauren Edgar Operational
Lauren Edgar provides support for exploration efforts focused on the planet Mars.
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China National Space Administration Operational
CNSA contributed satellites to Mars exploration fleet activities.
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Cadbury Operational
Cadbury introduced the Heroes product line specifically to compete against Mars in the market.
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The Hershey Company Operational
The Hershey Company cites Mars as a successful rival in the market.
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Armstrong Flight Research Center Shared context
Armstrong Flight Research Center supports research efforts related to future landings on Mars.
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Donald Trump Shared context
Donald Trump has publicly stated policy goals and plans for future missions and presence on Mars.
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Apollo Mentioned together
Apollo's historical success is cited as an inspiration for future commercial activity related to Mars.
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AeroVironment Shared context
AeroVironment is developing helicopters intended for missions to Mars.
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Congress Transactional
Congress appropriated funds for telecommunications infrastructure related to Mars.
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Competition and Markets Authority Operational
The CMA is actively investigating market issues concerning monopolization and transparency related to Mars.
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Google Operational
Google is developing systems for future deep-space missions targeting Mars.
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Asterix Shared context
Asterix's IP is used to name a rover mission scheduled to traverse Phobos, a moon of Mars.
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Moon Shared context
The Moon is viewed as a staging point for future human missions directed toward Mars.
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Ellis Shared context
Ellis participated in a mission simulation related to Mars.
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University of Oxford Mentioned together
Oxford researchers are involved in scientific studies analyzing data related to Mars.
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agency Shared context
The agency performs engineering and planning work related to Mars missions.
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America Shared context
The single snapshot mentions future resource utilization on Mars, but does not explicitly couple Mars and America.
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Artemis Structural
Artemis findings are used to inform the planning of Mars missions.
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Relativity Space Shared context
Relativity Space plans to fly instruments to Mars.
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Archer Daniels Midland Transactional
ADM is noted as a stakeholder partner of Mars.
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Royal Astronomical Society Mentioned together
The Royal Astronomical Society has highlighted research pertaining to phenomena observed on Mars, such as dust storms.
History
Events by the month they beganNovember 2026
3 events- A series of political and corporate developments occurred in Texas, including Hinojosa's gubernatorial win and Musk's political spending, alongside SpaceX's Mars colonization plans.
- ESA mission studies Martian volcanic fissures, with scientist Daniel Mège from the Polish Academy of Sciences involved.
- NASA is planning human missions to Mars, and Ellen Ellis spoke about the CHAPEA mission.
October 2026
9 events- NASA is sending a payload to Marius Hills Pit as part of its Artemis research plans, utilizing SpaceX technology.
- Martian meteorites reached Earth, while discoveries were made in Western Sahara and Mali, alongside updates on JPL's location.
- Hershey partnered with VitaKey to develop protein powder, citing Mars as a successful rival.
- Cadbury introduced Heroes chocolate tubs to compete with Mars.
- A Mayor challenges Elon Musk's Mars colonization plan, urging humans to prioritize the care of Earth.
- A Japanese-led project is focusing research efforts on the moons of Mars.
- JAXA launched a spacecraft using the H3 rocket to explore Mars's moon.
- American companies are partnering for lunar payloads, with Artemis findings informing future Mars mission planning.
- ISRO plans a crewed lunar landing mission and utilizes Vikas engine technology for future Mars missions.
September 2026
11 events- Chinese Academy of Sciences leads a project to create a new geologic map of Mars.
- Milo Barham discussed with Tom Mann research connecting the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia to the search for life on Mars.
- During a summit in Paris, Europe is discussing its future ambitious role in deep space exploration, including operations related to the Moon and future missions to Mars, led by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher.
- Following his successful flight on Artemis II, Jeremy Hansen is central to Canada's push to become a launch hub for future Mars exploration.
- A company is establishing a new production center in Hancock County, Mississippi, utilizing the high-speed uncrewed boat MARS.
- The Armstrong Flight Research Center is supporting research for future landings on Mars, with specific personnel assigned to key roles.
- New research published findings on Martian interior structure.
- Rocket Lab proposed architecture for Mars infrastructure, challenged Blue Origin's NASA award, and Congress appropriated funds for Mars telecommunications.
- Amidst Tianwen-3's progress, the future of US Mars exploration is uncertain, marked by canceled missions, funding cuts proposed by Trump, and new commercial offers.
- Slingshot targets Mars moon Phobos for resource scanning, led by the SETI Institute, using Raman spectroscopy.
- Researchers at the University of Amsterdam detail how a 3D printing method utilizing water as a refrigerant could be applied to future missions to Mars.
Show 3 earlier months
August 2026
7 events- Trump signed an order on nuclear power criticalities while NASA announced its SR-1 Freedom mission to Mars, supported by INL microreactor technology.
- The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating market monopolisation and transparency.
- Texas A&M University System, H-E-B, and Mars have formed a partnership aimed at combating food insecurity.
- Mars (the company) is accused of shrinkflation, specifically reducing product size and weight.
- A Mars-sized body struck young Earth, and dating results regarding the event were published by Simon Wilde in Nature.
- Hope is selling plots on Mars while John Travolta purchases a lunar plot deed.
- The Phoenix Mars Lander mission is actively seeking evidence of past water and life on Mars.
July 2026
16 events- Musk's ventures are facing headwinds from Congress and the Trump administration while simultaneously pursuing ambitious goals like colonizing Mars.
- The article covers multiple topics: future missions utilizing the Moon to reach Mars, the anniversary of the 1969 lunar landing, and stargazing conditions in specific locations.
- Research highlights comparing the thin atmosphere of Mars to Earth's, focusing on Martian dust storms.
- The future of Mars exploration faces hurdles including securing adequate funding, establishing property rights for human settlement, and leveraging mission successes for commercial ventures.
- New research suggests Mars may hold significant mineral wealth and its systems can be compared to Earth's plate tectonics.
- China is leading the Tianwen-3 mission to Mars, where the Perseverance rover has been operating since 1997.
- Researchers are comparing the atmospheric and surface conditions of Venus to those of Earth and Mars.
- Deniz Burnham serves as a flight engineer on the International Space Station mission and is contributing to the foundation of long-duration missions to Mars.
- On July 30, 2026, multiple space programs achieved major milestones regarding Mars, including successful landings and successful missions.
- Successful powered flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in the thin Martian atmosphere, serving as an aerial scout for the Perseverance rover.
- NASA sets dust exposure limits and addresses hazards from lunar dust affecting astronauts and future Mars missions.
- The US has expressed fears regarding China's rising scientific ambitions, specifically concerning future resource utilization on Mars.
- Earth's extremophiles are being studied to inform potential life on Mars, according to Pioneer Labs.
- The European Space Agency is currently utilizing the OMEGA instrument aboard the Mars Express orbiter to explore minerals on Mars, alongside the launch of the ExoMars rover.
- A Psyche mission successfully provided an enhanced-color mosaic of Mars, which featured a large crater.
- Lauren Edgar expressed support for Mars rover exploration efforts, while Anna Menon completed a private mission.
June 2026
14 events- Elon Musk is pursuing the goal of settling Mars, a vision inspired by Robert Zubrin and mentioned in SpaceX prospectuses.
- NASA is driving the Artemis program to establish a permanent lunar base, which is required before missions can proceed to Mars.
- Rocket Lab and Motiv are poised to lead commercial Mars Sample Return missions, having built components for the Perseverance rover.
- Geological models of Earth inform Mars study.
- SpaceX is reportedly targeting Amazon's market valuation while utilizing Starlink for its services, led by Elon Musk.
- Elon Musk is associated with SpaceX's reputation.
- Venus enters Cancer, while Mars moves into Gemini, and the Sun and Jupiter continue their transits through various zodiac signs.
- SpaceX plans human settlement on Mars, while its IPO on Nasdaq competes with Saudi Aramco's IPO.
- Researchers used the SHERLOC instrument on the Perseverance rover while exploring Jezero Crater on Mars.
- SpaceX is advancing its long-term goals by developing technology and showcasing plans for establishing a colony on Mars.
- NASA and USGS are advancing space exploration efforts, developing space-hardened versions and instruments like AVIRIS for the Moon and Mars.
- Researchers studied Mars's subsurface geology and crust using data recorded by the INSIGHT mission.
- Gulf Coast Ultra Deep Royalty Trust generated royalties from production in the Mars block.
- Elon Musk's wealth is being compared to Larry Page's and Jeff Bezos's peak net worth, while SpaceX announces its goal of colonizing Mars.