The inhabited missions

In terms of astronautics, robotic missions have become almost routine, whether to land on Mars a fixed or mobile laboratory, or to place a satellite in orbit. For manned flights it's another

Travel Earth / Mars / Earth

  • Earth to Mars distance, straight (light): 56 to 400 million km.
  • Length of the ellipse arc of the trip: around 600 million km.
  • Optimal duration of the trip: from 6 to 9 months one way
  • Launch window from Earth to Mars: every 26 months
  • Launch window from Mars to Earth: every 18 months.

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Swiss branch of The Mars Society (TMS) and Association Planète Mars (French branch of TMS)

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NASA
SkywalkerPL
SpaceX
ESA
Mars Society