Mars City

26/09/2026

Europe’s road to Mars is being built together.

We’re pleased to share the first newsletter of the European Mars Societies. Prepared by the French chapter, Association Planète Mars, it brings together contributions from Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and Switzerland.

From Mars analogue missions and space medicine to mission architectures and ideas for living around Mars, this first edition shows what our European network can achieve together. It also presents Belgium’s proposal for a future European Mars Convention.

Download the newsletter from the homepage: https://europe2mars.space/

The conversation continues on 29 September at 20:30 CEST with our free live roundtable, The Industrial Challenges and Opportunities of Mars Exploration. ESA’s Dr Orson Sutherland and Dr Colin Wilson will join European Mars Society representatives and the public.

Register here: https://europe2mars.space/roundtable

Thank you to Association Planète Mars, Louis Sylvestre and everyone who contributed!

10/09/2026

Il futuro non aspetta.
Intelligenza artificiale, robotica, biotecnologie, spazio: tecnologie che fino a pochi anni fa seguivano percorsi distinti oggi stanno sempre più convergendo.
Quali opportunità nasceranno da questa accelerazione? Quali rischi dovremo comprendere? E quale ruolo avrà lo spazio in questo nuovo scenario?
📅 Sabato 3 ottobre, alle ore 11, Mars Planet Technologies parteciperà all'evento delle Swiss {ai} Weeks 2026 organizzato in Ticino dall’Institute for Decoding Innovation (IDI), insieme ai ricercatori di IDSIA USI-SUPSI.
📍 Centro Tesla Ticino, Cadenazzo
Porteremo la nostra prospettiva sulle tecnologie spaziali e sulla convergenza tra AI, robotica, sistemi autonomi e ricerca per ambienti estremi.
Sarà una mattinata di confronto, domande e idee, seguita da un brunch per continuare la conversazione.
Partecipazione gratuita su registrazione, posti limitati.
Scopri il programma e richiedi il tuo posto:
https://lnkd.in/eFm82RvF?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Planet Technologies

01/09/2026

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) flight engineer Sophie Adenot will begin a spacewalk at around 8:30 a.m. EDT (1230 UTC) on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA (European Space Agency) flight ...

07/08/2026

The final resting place of SpaceX's moon-smashing rocket has been found.
South Korea's Danuri lunar orbiter (KARI) successfully captured imagery of the crater blasted out by the Falcon 9 upper stage. Danuri began observing 30 minutes before the collision, conducting 8 imaging sessions.
Scientists now have rare pre-and-post collision footage to analyze terrain changes and ejecta spread.

06/08/2026

NASA astronauts conducting spacewalk outside the ISS

Astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir are conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 6). Watch it live here;

At approximately 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 UTC) on Aug. 6, 2026, NASA ast...

25/07/2026

No bad luck for SpaceX!
Late Friday, the world's most powerful rocket lifted off from South Texas for its historic Flight 13 test mission. While it successfully launched next-gen Starlink satellites, the real surprise happened in the Indian Ocean.
Instead of a hard impact, Starship achieved its softest splashdown ever. The spacecraft is completely intact, floating belly up, and still transmitting data back to Earth!
Elon Musk posted: "That is a first!" A massive leap forward for fully reusable space travel. What do you think of this milestone? Let us know in the comments

16/07/2026

La comunità spaziale italiana è colpita dalla scomparsa dell'apprezzato presidente ASI Prof. Teodoro Valente. I nostri pensieri di condoglianze all'ASI ed alle persone che gli erano vicine.

26/06/2026

From Earth to the Moon… while lying down!
Our young explorers went on an incredible space adventure!
Thanks to virtual reality and a specialized tilt-bed simulator, they got to experience what lunar gravity actually feels like.
Once they put on the VR headset, they were instantly transported inside a futuristic lunar space station, exploring a cutting-edge greenhouse designed for space farming.
Seeing Earth from the Moon's surface and learning how we might grow food in space left everyone absolutely amazed!
The future of space exploration is officially in the hands (and eyes) of the next generation.
👉 Check out the photos from the event! Which planet should we explore next?
Let us know in the comments below! 👇

18/06/2026

We just launched a brand new course on Mars City Academy: Space Radiobiology!

Have you ever wondered what happens to astronauts' bodies when they're exposed to cosmic radiation on a mission to Mars? It's one of the toughest challenges standing between us and sustainable human exploration of deep space and we're tackling it head-on with the help of a true expert.

Your instructor is Alessandro Bartoloni, AMS Team Leader at CERN and researcher at INFN Rome and Sapienza Università di Roma.

In 7 modules (about 6h45m total), you'll learn about:

🌌 Where space radiation comes from cosmic rays, solar storms, radiation belts

🛰️ How we measure it, including a deep dive into the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the ISS

🧬 What it actually does to the human body, short and long term

⚕️ The surprising overlap with medicine on Earth radiotherapy, imaging, oncology

Check it out here: https://marscity.academy/course/space-radiobiology

09/06/2026

NASA just revealed the Artemis 3 crew and there's a special European touch!

Meet the four astronauts who will launch next year on Artemis 3:

👨‍🚀 Randy Bresnik (Commander) NASA veteran, Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot, ISS spacewalker
🇮🇹 Luca Parmitano (Pilot) ESA astronaut, Italian Air Force Colonel, 2,000+ flight hours across 40 aircraft types
👨‍🚀 Andre Douglas (Mission Specialist) NASA's 2021 class, first spaceflight, doctorate in systems engineering
👨‍🚀 Frank Rubio (Mission Specialist) NASA record holder with 371 consecutive days in space
Their mission: test docking procedures in Earth orbit, a critical step toward the Moon landing planned for 2028.

Just two months after Artemis 2 flew around the Moon's far side, NASA is already moving fast. The Artemis baton has been passed. 🌕🔥