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There was a tiny rover named Sojourner that changed space exploration forever.

On This Day, July 4, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder successfully landed on the Red Planet, becoming the first mission to deploy a rover that successfully explored another planet beyond the Earth–Moon system.

Originally expected to last just 30 days, the mission continued for 83 days, sending back more than 16,500 images and revealing valuable clues about Mars' atmosphere, rocks, and ancient history.

Its success paved the way for every Mars rover that followed, bringing humanity one step closer to understanding, and perhaps one day living on, the Red Planet.

In season 5 of the alternate-history sci-fi series For All Mankind, set in an alternate 2012 where tensions between Martian colonists and their former home, Earth, reach boiling point, the international Happy Valley colony on Mars has grown into a settlement of more than five thousand residents. In the link there is a collection of hi-res screens from the show, showing colony's exteriors and interiors without major plot reveals.

Water would work particularly well for an orbiting habitat / data center. With QSUT (Quantum Sphere Universal Tool) style spheres you can encapsulate the water so it can be frozen, and then moved around using simple magnetic fields. The same silicon spheres can also be used as a platform for electronics. The same water could be used in solid, liquid, or even plasmonic states by introducing a voltage through the graphene based circuits. When you can perfectly control the size and configuration of the spheres then near field effects can be used at large macroscales. By linking up numerous cells of QSUT you can lower the cost of having a powerful magnetic field because the field strength in the QSUT would be much higher then one antenna at the center of a ship producing the field.

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Among the main projects through 2036, Roscosmos also proposes including the exploration of the Moon using automated spacecraft MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The exploration and development of resources on the Moon and asteroids may become one of the key projects of state policy in the rocket and space industry after 2036, according to a draft presidential decree proposed by Roscosmos.

"The implementation of state policy in the field of space activities includes the concentration of resources on key areas and projects that ensure technological leadership, technological sovereignty, security, economic efficiency, and the long-term development of the Russian Federation, which include: <…> after 2036: <…> the exploration and development of resources on the Moon and asteroids," the draft presidential decree "On the Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation in the Field of Space Activities and the Use of Its Results Through 2036 and Beyond" said.

Among the main projects through 2036, Roscosmos also proposes including the exploration of the Moon using automated spacecraft, the delivery of lunar soil samples to Earth, and the construction of a lunar nuclear power plant to provide energy for infrastructure on the Moon's surface. In addition, under the draft, Roscosmos plans by 2036 to develop new launch vehicles, including those based on reusable technologies, deploy a large low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation for broadband communications, and significantly increase the number of spacecraft in the Earth remote sensing constellation.

About Russia's lunar program It was reported earlier that the launch of the Luna-28, Luna-29 and Luna-30 spacecraft for studying Earth's natural satellite could take place in 2032-2036. The nearest planned missions are Luna-26 and Luna-27. The former is intended to create a platform for studying the Moon from low orbit: the Luna-26 spacecraft is expected to operate for one year in a low lunar orbit (60-80 km) and for another two years in a higher orbit (150-200 km). In addition, it will be capable of relaying information from the Luna-27.1 and Luna-27.2 landing modules. The Luna-27 mission is intended to test technologies for high-precision and safe landings on Earth's natural satellite, as well as conduct research in the Moon's polar region.

In May 2025, Roscosmos and the China National Space Administration signed a memorandum on the construction of a power plant for the International Lunar Research Station. Roscosmos has said that the station will be used to conduct fundamental space research and test technologies for long-term unmanned operations, with the prospect of a human presence on the Moon.