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Mark's a rich destination for scientific

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discovery as we expand our presence into

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the solar system with human and robotic

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exploration we're learning more about

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the formation and evolution of Mars

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which can help us learn more about our

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own planets history and future in the

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past the red planet had conditions

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suitable for life and future exploration

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may uncover evidence of life answering

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one of the oldest questions does life

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exist beyond Earth NASA is on a journey

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to Mars and the first humans will set

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Rovers and spacecraft are on and around

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Mars studying its conditions revealing

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its history and showing us the red

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planet like never before on earth and in

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space we're doing the hard work to

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prepare for missions father than ever

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before first to an asteroid and then

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onward to pioneer Mars during the past

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40 years NASA explored Mars through

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robotic spacecraft Landers and Rovers

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dramatically increasing our knowledge

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about the red planet and paving the way

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for future human explorers future

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missions seeking signs of past life will

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demonstrate new technology that could

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help astronauts survive on Mars I think

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some of the most amazing things that

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we're learning are

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how to be really good detectives on

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another planet which is a really

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difficult job NASA's human mission to

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Mars begins in low-earth orbit aboard

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the International Space Station where

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astronauts are approving technologies

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and communications systems needed for

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human missions into deep space the space

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station also teaches us how the human

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body changes in space so we can protect

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astronaut health on long-duration

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missions deeper into the solar system

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NASA will test other new technologies

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needed to send humans to Mars and the

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first-ever mission to capture and

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redirect an asteroid mass to a stable

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orbit around the moon astronauts aboard

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NASA's Orion spacecraft will explore the

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asteroid in the 2020s and return to

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Earth with samples this experience will

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help NASA test new systems and

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capabilities such as solar electric

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propulsion which is a highly efficient

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way to send heavy cargo ahead of human

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missions to Mars astronauts will travel

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in an Orion launched atop a Space Launch

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System heavy lift rocket which will be

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the most powerful rocket ever flown

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apollo happened before I was born so

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this for our generation will be the

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exploration missions that we get to see

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the journey to Mars will improve lives

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on earth in an important ways will

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increase scientific knowledge that could

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help us better understand earth will

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also develop new technologies and

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economic opportunities right here in the

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United States and will advance us

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leadership in the peaceful international

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exploration of space but make no mistake

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the journey to Mars will be the

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challenge of a generation to send humans

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to the red planet and return them safely

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so we can go back keep exploring and

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push the frontiers of discovery

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it's a journey well worth the risks

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today our engineers and scientists are

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working hard to develop the technologies

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astronauts will use to travel to and