E59 Vivre sur Mars

Les élections municipales viennent de se terminer. Premier tour le 15 mars, second tour le 22 mars. Partout en France, les habitants ont choisi les personnes qui vont diriger leurs villes pour les six prochaines années. Ces élections, c'est souvent difficile à suivre : il y a bea ...  Show more

Tout le monde connaît les Trois mousquetaires et le Comte de Monte-Cristo, même sans avoir lu les romans. Ces histoires font partie de l'imaginaire collectif, bien au-delà des frontières de la France. Elles ont été adaptées des dizaines de fois au cinéma et à la télévision, et el ...  Show more

What would it take for humans to live permanently on Mars? asks Martin in Weston-super-Mare, UK. The doctors dig into requirements and possibilities of a long-term Martian outpost. We know that many missions to Mars have failed, for a range of reasons – malfunctions, crashes and ...  Show more

It’s the central question for the current generation of Mars missions. Since the first close-up pictures of the red planet back in 1965, decades of space missions have revealed our neighbouring planet to be cold, rocky and sterile. But there are hints of a more dramatic past; ...

Many spacecraft have died trying to get to Mars. The current record for Mars missions is 18 successes, and 25 failures. The InSight mission hopes to improve the odds. 

Each week, we have in-depth conversations with astronauts, engineers, scientists, and program leaders on exciting human spaceflight topics. Learn more about the work being done on Earth and in low-Earth orbit that benefits humanity and will help send humans forward to the Moon an ...  Show more