Mars One Project
latest news & developments
What to expect from the world of science in 2016
Science continues to shift the boundaries of what we think we know and 2016 will be no exception. Sarah Wild highlights the fields to keep an eye on.
Mars mission: How to emigrate to the Red Planet
South Africans are packing for the fourth rock from the sun, but do the trip’s finances add up?
Why on earth would I go to Mars?
Kobus Vermeulen has spent his life dreaming of adventure – and now the Red Planet is calling.
Four South Africans make round three of Mars One mission
Four South Africans are among the 100 hopefuls who have made it through to round three of the Mars One human settlement mission.
Final frontier fiasconauts raise Mars bar
The launch to Mars is still a decade away but preparations for the Red Planet expedition are well under way.
Reality stars doomed to die on Mars
Mars is currently the only known planet inhabited solely by robots, but that will change when a TV project establishes a human colony on its surface.
The ultimate Big Brother challenge: Living on Mars
The countdown for a one-way trip to the Red Planet has begun and several South Africans want to go.
Earth a little bit cramped, says shortlisted Mars explorer
Florence Porcel, a Frenchwoman living in Paris, would give anything to live on Mars, saying she has always felt "a bit cramped on Earth".
Mars One: Reality bites
Ten years from now you, yes you, could be one of two men and two women touching down on the surface of Mars, ensuring your place in the history books.
South Africans bid for stay on Mars
At least 35 000 applications have been received for the Mars One project and five were from South Africa, according to its website.