Next-gen gear on delayed Martian rover may help answer the question of life on Mars. Enlarge (credit: NASA/JPL/Cal Tech) March 17, 2022, was a rough day for Jorge Vago. A planetary physicist, Vago heads science for part of the European Space Agency’s ExoMars program. His team was mere months from launching Europe’s first Mars rover—a
An Odyssey in the Philippines Me, Love and Other Catastrophes Fresh from a break-up, Marco Buch sets out on an emotional rollercoaster ride in the Philippines, meeting dancing killers and tattooed girls, and experimenting with Tinder. Cockfighting, spit-roasted pigs and a cemetery where people live, in a capital city full of contradictions. Manila. It’s abnormally
Trucking through Europe and Asia On the Road of Life Their first home together? A seven-and-a-half-ton truck. Jennifer and Peter Glas take a two-year road trip in a Unimog truck – from Munich to Vladivostock: a love letter. Jennifer. I’m sitting on the edge of the Pacific Ocean on Russia’s wild east coast, deep in
From Iran Through Pakistan to India Hitchhiking Through Pakistan Flying carpets on wheels. A tête-à-tête with dons. Despair and elation. Morten Hübbe and Rochssare Neromand-Soma on their hitchhiking adventure through Pakistan. Thick beads of sweat are rolling down my forehead, getting caught in my brows and finding their way down my temples. When we cross
Through Time and Space with Johannes Klaus Under the Dome My childhood dream came true. We’re travelling to the South Pacific. ‚We’re nearly at the South Pacific!‘ Excited, Janet points towards the small patch of high ground. I gaze around me in amazement. To our right is a peacock. He’s not fanning out his tail,
