US President Barack Obama has revealed that the United States is working in partnership with private companies to send and expedition to Mars and back by the 2030s.<br /><br /> Obama Wants Humans on Mars by 2030's https://t.co/OIlZWopcGE pic.twitter.com/PUgLsAzf2N— Voice of America (@VOANews) October 11, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> ‘‘We are working with our commercial partners to build new habitats that can sustain and transport astronauts on long-duration missions in deep space. These missions will teach us how humans can live far from Earth,something we’ll need for the long journey to Mars,” he wrote in a new Op-Ed for CNN.<br /><br /> As the president expressed his fascination for space exploration the joint European Space Agency/Roscosmos “ExoMars“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoMars mission arrives at the Red planet at the weekend, before sending the Schiaparelli lander down to the surface of the planet.<br /><br /> More on how #MarsExpress will provide critical support to ESA_EDM's entry, descent & landing #exomars next week https://t.co/tlJnQNKNWt pic.twitter.com/9EjwAPs4bQ— ESA Operations (esaoperations) October 10, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> Fast Descent! ExoMars' Module Will Land In Under 6 Minutes | Video https://t.co/Gjz40nJXnl pic.twitter.com/KVGZ6HGzti— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) October 6, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> The new space race is hotting up with Boeing claiming the first person to step on Mars will be transported in a Boeing rocket.<br /><br /> .NASA LockheedMartin Boeing ulalaunch OrbitalATK AerojetRdyne making rocket to #JourneyToMars #Senditwayup pic.twitter.com/uv3LsZzjIL— Jerry Rengel (@SpaceRengel) August 5, 2016<br />
