Mars Society Australia

06/06/2026

MSA member Dr Steve Hobbs' book on Mars remote sensing has just been published and is now available.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-24416-1

https://www.amazon.com/Sensing-Mars-Remote-Understand-Planet/dp/3032244153

Sensing Mars: Remote Sensing to Understand the Red Planet

31/05/2026

Congrats to the Monash Nova Rover team for second place at the University Rover Challenge 2026 being held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah!

Congratulations to our URC2026 Podium!

1. Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team, USA - 469.57 points
2. Monash Nova Rover, Australia - 412.41 points
3. UIU Mars Rover Team, Bangladesh - 400.44

See all of the scores at: https://urc.marssociety.org/home/about-urc/urc2026-scores

26/05/2026

Best of luck to the Monash Nova Rover team as they compete at the The University Rover Challenge (URC) being held at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah!

Only one day left to go! 💪
The team has been working very hard to get everything ready and we can’t wait to hit the ground running! Stay tuned for updates 👀👀

25/04/2026

We have a new website being launched in the next week or so and we're also kicking off a Mars Society Australia newsletter. Sign up here to stay in touch with the latest MSA, Mars and Aussie space news:

https://marssociety.org.au/mars-society-australia-newsletter-sign

We're also after suggestions for a name for our newsletter! Comment with your ideas and we'll run a poll with the finalists. 😀

31/12/2025

Happy New Year!

Need something to chill out to as a kick start to the he New Year? Wonderful doco about our drive to get to Mars, the Mars Society and more.

"The Mars Underground" Updated Edition/Director's CutLeading aerospace engineer and Mars Society President Dr. Robert Zubrin has a dream. He wants to get hum...

23/11/2025

Dr Megan, Chancellor of Monash university, opening the 24th Australian Space Research Conference this morning. Mars Society Australia is a conference sponsor.

15/11/2025

Like to learn more about Mars? Join the Mars Society Australia on the 6th of December for a free, one day, online discovery seminar while we discuss humanity's exploration of Mars, the planet's geology and resources and how we learn the art of living on another world right here on Earth. We'll wrap up the day with a session on the current timeline for people landing Mars.

Book your place via the link, but spots are filling up fast!

Join us for a jam-packed day of all things Mars at the Mars Society Australia One Day Online Discovery Seminar

10/09/2025

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover appears to have found signs of ancient life on Mars!

A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken

09/08/2025

The Mars Society has announced the successful completion of its 2025 Arctic analog mission at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station, located on Devon Island in Nunavut Territory. Titled “From Pole to Pole and Back Again,“ the five-week expedition, conducted throughout July and early August,...

05/08/2025

Pleased to announce the Mars Society Australia's (MSA) partnership with Protoplanet, The Mars Society and ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation on establishment of Himalayan Outpost for Planetary Exploration (HOPE), a station conceptualised, planned, trained for by MSA members since 2015. A moving moment for a few of us, program for 2026-27 to be announced soon.

See more details here

https://marssociety.org.au/article/mars-society-joins-protoplanet-establish-new-mars-analogue-training-environment-ladakh-india