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Mission to Mars.

Getting Fit For Mission to Mars

Toucans Fly to Mars

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Planet Size Science Net features a simple programme for comparing planet sizes. Click on the Launch Tool button.

Can we survive on Mars? It is estimated that it will take a crew eight months to travel to Mars. On this site you will find videos researching the problems of long space flights.

Astonomy As an astronaut, you will need to know the names, relative sizes and positions of the planets. This website has an animation of the planets orbiting the sun.

What does Mars look like? The Official Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has an images gallery so you can see what the surface of Mars looks like.

Famous Astronauts We have heard the names but who are they?

Living in Space How do astronauts live in space where they have to float to move about? Take a look at living and working in the space shuttle.

Mars Express Mars Express is so called because it will be built more quickly than any other comparable planetary mission. Beagle 2 was named after the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed when formulating his ideas about evolution. This site is full of information about the mission including videos from the surface of Mars.

Everything you need to know about Mars! A BBC site with facts, videos, details of missions to the planet and much more!

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