page_title: Human mission to Mars
section_title: NASA Design Reference Mission Architecture 5.0 (2009)
hierarchical_section_title: Human mission to Mars / Mission proposals / 21st century / NASA Design Reference Mission Architecture 5.0 (2009)
caption_attribution_description: English: Mars-manned-mission vehicle (NASA Human Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0) feb 2009 Français&#160;: Véhicule pour une mission martienne amarinée (NASA Human Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0) fev 2009 Deutsch: Fahrzeug einer bemannten Marsmission (NASA Human Exploration of Mars Design Reference Architecture 5.0) Feb. 2009
context_page_description: A human mission to Mars has been the subject of science fiction, aerospace engineering and scientific proposals since the 20th century. Plans include landing on Mars for exploration at a minimum, with the possibility of sending settlers and terraforming the planet or exploring its moons Phobos and Deimos also considered.
  The exploration of Mars has been a goal of national space programs for decades. Conceptual work for missions that would involve human explorers has been ongoing since the 1950s, with planned missions typically being stated as taking place anywhere between 10 and 30 years from the time they are drafted. The list of crewed Mars mission plans shows the various mission proposals that have been put forth by multiple organizations and space agencies in this field of space exploration. Plans have varied from scientific expeditions, in which a small group would visit Mars for a period of a few weeks or year, to the permanent colonization of Mars.
  In the 2010s, numerous US, European, and Asian agencies were developing proposals for human missions to Mars. In fiction, Mars is a frequent target of exploration and settlement in books, graphic novels, and films.
context_section_description: NASA released an updated version of NASA DRM 5.0 in early 2009, featuring use of the Ares V launcher, Orion CEV, and updated mission planning. In this document.
caption: Concept for NASA's Design Reference Mission Architecture 5.0 (2009)
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