LET'S MOVE TO... MARS!

Boeing unveils ‘deep space gateway’ designed to carry human passengers to Mars

Aerospace giant working on a spacecraft which could one day help our species land on the Red Planet

    

This craft will dock with the station before journeying to Mars – and hopefully back again

THE aerospace firm Boeing has revealed plans for a spaceship designed to help carry humans all the way to Mars.

It is working closely with Nasa to develop a craft called Deep Space Gateway.

 

  

This is the vehicle which will actually travel to Mars – and hopefully back again

 

This will orbit the moon and serve as a dock for a transport vehicle which will fly to Mars and back again.
Dubbed the Deep Space Transit Vehicle, this ship will actually perform the long journey.
Both craft use solar electric propulsion systems which means they can be powered by sunlight.
The space station will probably be launched into space in the early 2020s aboard a rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS).
It is so large that it will have to be flown up during four different missions and gradually assembled.

Boeing is also helping to develop the SLS, so the firm is expected to play a major part in any future human missions to Mars.

Billionaire Elon Musk is also involved in the race to the Red Planet and has vowed to land a manned mission on the planet during the 2020s.
Once astronauts get there, it's hoped they will be able to finally answer the question of whether life ever existed on the planet.

Boeing is also helping to develop the SLS, so the firm is expected to play a major part in any future human missions to Mars.

Billionaire Elon Musk is also involved in the race to the Red Planet and has vowed to land a manned mission on the planet during the 2020s.
Once astronauts get there, it's hoped they will be able to finally answer the question of whether life ever existed on the planet.

Boeing is also helping to develop the SLS, so the firm is expected to play a major part in any future human missions to Mars.

The Sun, UK)

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LIFE ON MARS

Boeing is also helping to develop the SLS, so the firm is expected to play a major part in any future human missions to Mars.

Billionaire Elon Musk is also involved in the race to the Red Planet and has vowed to land a manned mission on the planet during the 2020s.
Once astronauts get there, it's hoped they will be able to finally answer the question of whether life ever existed on the planet.
The Sun, UK)

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