What will the rocket that would take man to Mars?

The United States Space Agency (NASA) said Wednesday it plans to launch a powerful first rocket to travel into deep space, known as the Space Launch System (SLS), by the end of 2018. 

The SLS has been in development for three years, and when completed should be able to propel spacecraft beyond Earth orbit and eventually launch vehicles with crew to Mars in 2030. 

The agency completed its review of the project, which is a formal commitment to this version of the SLS 70 metric tons, the development until the first pitch will cost about 7,021,000 dollars. 

"The program is becoming a reality, which means progress," said William Gerstenmaier, Associate Human and Mission Operations Directorate at NASA's Exploration Manager. 

Google detects a humanoid figure on the Moon

The unusual image has run over networks like wildfire and it's no wonder. The humanoid form is upright and appears to be walking on the lunar surface. For it has been possible to capture it on camera for Google, the shadow must be several hundred meters. 

The explanations that have emerged from the discovery of this mystery ranging from an elongated stone alleged aliens or alien beings. The image can be seen after entering the coordinates 27 ° 34'26.35 "N 19 ° 36'4.75" W on the lunar section of the new Google Earth application. 

Google Maps: virtual trips to the Moon and Mars

Google Maps expands its services and now allows three-dimensional virtual travel across the surface of Mars and the Moon. 

The mapping service Google Maps continues to expand, and if it was possible to explore remote places like the Colorado River, the Amazon or the temples of Angkor, from today users can now virtually explore the surface of the Moon and Mars, says CNNExpansión. 

The Internet giant has added these new maps to mark the second anniversary of the arrival of the Curiosity rover to Mars. To access this virtual tour you must activate the satellite view on Google Maps, get away as much as possible using the zoom tool until you see the globe and accessed from the "Scan" button on any of the two celestial bodies neighbors Earth. 

NASA announces mission to Mars in 2020

This is the mars rover 2020, an expedition that will evaluate for sure if the Martian atmosphere is conducive to life humana.El project will have a new model called rover 2020 spacecraft, which will be equipped with the highest and appropriate technology. 

"The Mars Project 2020 will help resolve questions about the ecosystem and the environment Martian astronauts questions that have for decades. The rover will allow testing and experiments that give us accurate information even before the return of the red planet rover "said William Gerstenmaier, human administrator of NASA space operations.

The moon 45 years ago, now Mars

Today marks nine decades since, representing all mankind, Neil Armstrong stepped on the first surface of the moon. At 3 hours and 56 minutes from the Spanish early morning of July 21, 1969, journalist Jesús Hermida translated for Spain, in a trembling voice, the famous words of Armstrong: "That's one small step for man, one giant step for Humanity. "

The "Apollo XI" mission, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral on July 16, was intended to fulfill the promise that, in 1961, did President John Fitzgerald Kennedy ensuring sending a man to the moon, after the Soviet successes in space race. In full "cold war", the Russians had launched the first satellite into space, Sputnik (1957), and the first manned flight by a man, Yuri Gagarin, in 1961. 

UAE to launch Mars mission by 2021...(The government of United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to send an unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 2021)

The UAE Space Agency, created to oversee the mission and the development of space technology industry in the country, said in a statement that the mission will be an important step in the Arab world in the international space race.

"The UAE probe to Mars represents the input of the Islamic world in the era of space exploration. Going to show that we are able to offer new scientific contributions to humanity," said UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan.

The space agency said that the probe will be done to the Mars mission has already been built, but did not disclose details of its form or its cost, according to a report by the Arab network Al Arabiya.