The Summer of Mars is here! Three missions are launching to Mars in the next few weeks from three different space agencies. We’ve got the definitive preview of these missions, from UAE’s Mars Hope, to China’s Tianwen-1, and of course, NASA’s Perseverance Rover. Get caught up on all the facts before you watch the launch!
Mars Hope

Mars Hope Unveiled in 2015
Hope Probe Introduction
TEDx Talk, Omran Sharaf, Project Manager for Mars Hope
TEDx Talk, Sarah Amiri, Project Scientist for Mars Hope
Lots of Technical Info for the Mission

Follow Mars Hope

Mars Hope Twitter (@HopeMarsMission)

Tianwen-1

Yinguo-1, the ill-fated first Chinese Mars Mission
China announces Mars Mission in 2016
Tianwen-1 Cameras
Andrew Jones on WeMartians
Tianwen-1 Payloads
Long March 5 Returns to Flight
Chinese Space and the Coronavirus
More on Coronavirus
Wan Weixing dies

Perseverance

2003 Decadal Survey
2013 Decadal Survey
Max-C Concept
NASA pulls out of joint Max-C/ExoMars
NASA announces Mars 2020
Mars 2020’s Sample Caching System Video
NASA announces Jezero as landing site for Mars 2020
MiMi Aung on the Mars Helicopter
Mars 2020 Cost Overruns
SHERLOC nearly cancelled
Launch slipped from July 17 to July 20
Launch slipped from July 20 to July 22
Launch slipped from July 22 to July 30
Mars 2020 Press Kit
All of WeMartians Mars2020 Coverage over the years:

10 – Science Meets Engineering on the 2020 Rover (feat. Sarah Milkovich)
20 – Mars2020 Candidate Landing Sites
48 – Zooming in on Mars (feat. Melissa Rice and Elsa Jensen)
52 – Comin’ up Jezero (feat. Tim Goudge)
77 – Persevering through ATLO (feat. Christina Hernandez)
78 – The Quest for a Piece of Mars (feat. Chris Herd)
79 – Preparing for a Martian Launch (feat. Tory Bruno)



Follow Perseverance

NASA Perseverance Twitter

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Website (www.wemartians.com)
Patreon (www.patreon.com/wemartians)
WeMartians Shop (shop.wemartians.com)
Mailing List (https://wemartians.com/signup)
Twitter (@we_martians)
Jake’s Twitter (@JakeOnOrbit)
Off-Nominal Podcast

Make Space Better


Origins: Jim Bridenstine


Most Recent Episode: 31 – OG LIGO



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Here at Off-Nominal, we’ve been following the demonstrations against racial inequality and police violence in the United States, Canada, and around the world with concern. These events have highlighted deep problems with how we treat each other in many domains, and space exploration is not exempt.
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