USA Today May 07, 2026 • 15:05

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet - Yahoo News UK

By Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY

A researcher may have found a shortcut to Mars as NASA eyes red planet - Yahoo News UK

A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to less than a year.

Under the best circumstances, a trip from Earth to Mars and back would take a spacecraft three years to complete.
And that's during a very specific orbital alignment that occurs once every two years… [+4973 chars]

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