Delivering payloads to Mars with CHAMPS

Delivering payloads to Mars with CHAMPS

Through its "Moon to Mars" program, NASA plans to send the first crewed missions to Mars by the end of the next decade. To fulfill this bold vision, the agency is investigating advanced technologies through numerous programs. This includes advanced propulsion technologies that will reduce transit times to Mars, thereby limiting astronaut exposure to microgravity and cosmic radiation. Other technologies under consideration include methods for was…

NASA Nominee Faces Political Turbulence over Mars Missions

As President Donald Trump’s pick to be NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman is going to have to navigate Washington politics, budget constraints and a looming fight over the future of the space agency - a precarious position that may make his historic spacewalk last year, the first by a civilian astronaut, seem easy by comparison.

Delivering Payloads to Mars with CHAMPS

A team of NASA scientists proposed a new initiative at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2025 LPSC). Known as the Commercial Hall Propulsion for Mars Payload Services (CHAMPS), the

NASA nominee faces political turbulence over Mars missions

As President Donald Trump’s pick to be NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman is going to have to navigate Washington politics, budget constraints and a looming fight over the future of the space agency - a precarious position that may make his…