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how do you get to Mars if you want to

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send a spacecraft all the way to Mars

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first we'll need a fast rocket to escape

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the pull of Earth's gravity the heavier

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your spacecraft the more powerful your

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rocket needs to be to liftoff next make

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sure you launch at the right time Mars

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and Earth orbit the Sun at different

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speeds and distances sometimes they're

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really far apart and other times they

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come closer together about every two

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years the two planets are in perfect

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positions to get to Mars with the least

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amount of rocket fuel that's important

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the total trip is over 300 million miles

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finally make sure your aim is right you

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can't shoot for where Mars is at launch

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time you have to aim for where it will

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be when you get there it's a lot like

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how a quarterback passes a football also

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you may need a few frust to correct your

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direction along the way so you don't

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miss Mars if all goes well you'll get to

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the red planet in about seven or eight

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months then if you actually want to land