Mars Expedition

Mars Expeditions

Apollo Mars Flyby – 1965

Flyby mission designed by NASA in 1965 to use existing Apollo hardware, allowing a manned flyby of Mars by 1975.

Boeing IMIS – 1968

Integrated Manned Interplanetary Spacecraft, Boeing’s 1968 report detailing a Mars mission using modular nuclear rocket stages.

Boeing Mars Glider – 1960

Single-launch manned expedition proposed by Philip Bono in 1960.

Boeing STCAEM – 1991

Space Transfer Concepts and Analysis for Exploration Mission

Case for Mars – 1986

NASA Ames report published in 1986. Among the topics discussed are the political aspects of Mars exploration, preparatory mission scenarios in advance of manned Mars exploration, and scientific programs for a base on Mars.

EMPIRE -1962

Aeronutronic

General Dynamics

See: EMPIRE

Mars Colony of The Future – 1980

I’ve not encountered these paintings anywhere except in Mike’s collection. These aren’t part of a study that I’m aware of, but these two beautiful paintings are too lovely to be left gathering dust.

Mars Evolution – 1989

NASA’s Mars Evolution case study examined development of a permanent, Mars outpost with significant scientific research capability.

Mars Outpost – 1989

Manned Mars System Study – 1990

The purpose of the study was to design and analyze systems for conducting human missions to Mars and the moon, with special emphasis on the transportation and facility infrastructure.

MORL Mars Flyby – 1965

Manned Mars flyby spacecraft proposed by Douglas.

Project DEIMOS – 1964

Mars expedition proposal by Philip Bono using ROMBUS hardware.

Purple Pigeons – 1976

JPL director Bruce Murray assembled a team of engineers to propose interplanetary missions that he could pitch to journalists. The missions included a Mars Surface Sample Return (MSSR).

Stuhlinger Mars – 1962

Von Braun Mars Expedition – 1952

Wernher von Braun’s engineering analysis of a manned mission to Mars in completed in 1948 became the focus of a lecture given in New York in 1951, and a series of articles published by Collier’s magazine in 1952.

Von Braun Mars Expedition – 1969

Von Braun’s final design for a manned expedition to Mars using nuclear thermal rockets.

Mars Lander

Ford Mars Lander

Assumed Mars lander in NASA studies between 1964 to 1966 was a lifting body designed by Ford Aeronutronic in 1963.

Mars Excursion Module

Designed by North American for the Marshall Spaceflight Center in a study conducted between October 1966 and August 1967.