Tag Archives: Martian soil
Mars-like soil makes super strong bricks when compressed
Elon Musk's vision of Mars colonization has us living under geodesic domes made of carbon fiber and glass. But, according to a study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, those domes may end up being made of brick, pressed from the Ma...
Researchers grow crops in simulated Martian and Lunar soil
Researchers from the Dutch Wageningen University and Research Center announced on Tuesday that they had successfully cultivated 10 food crops in soil that simulates what astronauts would encounter both on the Moon and on Mars. The team managed to har...
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Traverses Martian Terrain
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover slowly and steadily made its way up a steep path on the Martian landscape. This was after the goal seemed impossible to reach. It was over 70 feet of land that had to be...
NASA Rover on Mars finds Nitrogen
NASA's Curiosity rover has found nitrogen on Mars. The nitrogen was detected in the form of nitric oxide, and could be released from the breakdown of nitrates during heating.Nitrates...