17-year-old
Alyssa Carson
to become first human on Mars

A teenage girl who dreams of space may be among the special few to board Nasa's 2033 mission to Mars.The 17-year-old, who lives in Hammond, Louisiana, is a space obsessive.
Her desire to leave Earth began after watching The Backyardigans cartoon as a child.

Mars One plans human settlement on the Red Planet by 2027

The mission, to be funded from the sale of broadcasting rights, would see the first 4 settlers arrive on Mars in 2023 [Editor's note: in March 2015 Mars One announced that 2027 would be the target date.

Mars One aims to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. Several unmanned missions will be completed, establishing a habitable settlement before carefully selected and trained crews will depart to Mars.

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Can We Terraform Mars to Make It Earth-Like?

For many years, Mars has existed as a hopeful "Planet B" — a secondary option if Earth can no longer support us as a species. From science-fiction stories to scientific investigations, humans have considered the possibilities of living on Mars for a long time.

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Elon Musk: Private Space Entrepreneur

Elon Musk is an entrepreneur best known in space circles for SpaceX, which became the first private company to ship cargo to the International Space Station in 2012. Since then, SpaceX has developed a large rocket (Falcon Heavy) and continues work on a crew capsule for NASA that will fly humans in the near future.

Physicists Tied Laser Beams into Knots

The researchers, according to a paper published July 30 in the journal Nature Physics, figured out how to make the waves of two laser beams of light interfere with one another, and ultimately loop around each other in ways you might be more likely to associate with shoelaces or the knots on a sailboat.

Technology development makes missions possible. Each Mars mission is part of a continuing chain of innovation: each relies on past missions for new technologies and contributes its own innovations to future missions. This chain allows NASA to continue to push the boundaries of what is currently possible, while relying on proven technologies as well.

Implementing new technologies

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About Mission

The Mars 2020 rover will investigate a region of Mars where the ancient environment may have been favorable for microbial life, probing the Martian rocks for evidence of past life. Throughout its investigation, it will collect samples of soil and rock, and cache them on the surface for potential return to Earth by a future mission.

17-year-oldAlyssa Carsonto become first human on Mars