The inhabited missions
18April
Going there !
In terms of astronautics, robotic missions have become almost routine, whether to land on Mars a fixed or mobile laboratory, or to place a satellite in orbit. For manned flights it's another
Travel Earth / Mars / Earth
- Earth to Mars distance, straight (light): 56 to 400 million km.
- Length of the ellipse arc of the trip: around 600 million km.
- Optimal duration of the trip: from 6 to 9 months one way
- Launch window from Earth to Mars: every 26 months
- Launch window from Mars to Earth: every 18 months.