Mars: The Secret Science ~ Secret History of a Rover

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the sixth and final instalment of “Mars: The Secret Science”.

Mars: The Secret Science ~ NASA's Most Dangerous Mission

Image From Universe Today - HumanVoyages To Mars Pose Higher Cancer Risks

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fifth instalment of “Mars: The Secret Science”.

Landing humans on Mars will be hard, but keeping them alive will be even harder.

Mars: The Secret Science ~ Mars' Deepest Mysteries

Mars InSight Mission

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the fourth instalment of “Mars: The Secret Science”.

We examine what lies beneath Mars’s surface and uncover answers to some of the mysteries that have stumped scientists for decades.

Mars: The Secret Science ~ Conquering the New Frontier

SpaceX Spaceship At Mars Base by space artist Bryan Versteeg 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the third instalment of “Mars: The Secret Science”.

The possibility of a human civilization on Mars has seemed like a fantasy -- until now.

Mars ~ Crossroads

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the final episode of the National Geographic Channel's miniseries “Mars”.

Delivery from Earth

Today on Far Future Horizons we present “Delivery from Earth” short yet very beautiful and inspiring film as our Thanksgiving Holiday offering.

MARS ~ Grounded

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the second episode of the National Geographic Channel’s new miniseries Mars.

MARS ~ Novo Mundo

Today on Far Future Horizons we are proud to present the first episode of the National Geographic Channel’s new miniseries Mars.

Colonizing Mars

Copyright Bryan Versteeg Mars One

Today on Far Future Horizons we present an excerpt from a feature documentary titled Someday Somewhere Beyond which explores the history and future of space colonies.

Copyright Bryan Versteeg Mars One

Someday Somewhere Beyond was directed and edited by Jonathan Minard, and has some wonderful conceptual animation by artist Bryan Versteeg and features interviews with Robert Zubrin and Margarita Marinova.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Today on Far Future Horizons we present the SciFi classic Robinson Crusoe on Mars.

Robinson Crusoe on Mars, is a 1964 Techniscope science fiction film, which is the retelling of the classic Daniel Defoe novel. It was directed by Byron Haskin, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starred Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin and Adam West (of Batman fame).

Robinson Crusoe on Mars is all time childhood Sci Fi favourite of mine and I have fond memories of watching this motion picture as a child when it was shown as a Saturday morning television matinee feature. 


It was released on DVD for the first time as a special edition from The Criterion Collection on September 18, 2007.

Mars Waterworld

Flowing Water has been discovered on Mars. 

Today on Far Future Horizons, in light of this recent discovery, we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed science series Naked Science that focuses on NASA’s mission Phoenix, to Mars and its searching for water to determine if the planet has sustained life in the past.

On May 25, 2008, NASA's Phoenix Lander  entered the Martian atmosphere and landed on its polar ice-cap in the last phase of a historic mission to investigate Mars' past by digging down into the soil and ice - something that has never been done before. 

Our Greatest Adventure

The Hermes Spacecraft from the film "The Martian".

Today on Far Future Horizons we present "Our Greatest Adventure" hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

This is  an excellent viral movie campaign for the motion picture "The Martian" starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, Donald Glover, Mackenzie Davis, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Crash Landing on Mars

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the scenario of what might happen if the first manned mission to Mars crashes hundreds of miles from the rocket that would take them back home?

This installment of the History Channel’s acclaimed documentary series The Universe explorers this dire possibility.

Pioneer One ~ Earthfall & The Man from Mars

A Cold War relic returns amid fears of terrorism but turns out to be a forgotten Soviet space mission. What it brings back will have implications for the entire world.

Today on Far Future Horizons it gives us great pleasure to present the first two episodes of the fabulous SciFi web series Pioneer One (2010) produced by Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith. It is a series that has been entirely funded through donations, and is the first series created for and released on Bit Torrent networks.

Pioneer One is a serialized drama produced and distributed online through VODO and the DISCO network. Downloaded more than 3,730,000 times since May 2012 and winner for Best Drama Pilot at the 2010 New York Television Festival, the show is independently produced and financed by viewer donations. The pilot episode was filmed on a budget of $6,000, raised in advance using Kickstarter. The series itself was released under a Creative Commons license and is distributed for free in collaboration with VODO, as with Bernhard's previous independent film The Lionshare, over the Internet including peer-to-peer networks. So far, six episodes have been produced. Production of the rest of the season is funded through direct donations from the fan base.

The plot that surrounds the entire series involves a mysterious spaceship entering the Earth's atmosphere, triggering a massive response from the American government. Since the ship has spread radiation over hundreds of miles of rural Montana, officials are quick to bring up the possibility of a terrorist attack, specifically the detonation of a dirty bomb, however, that idea is discarded subtly by the leading investigator, asking the rhetorical question "Who would launch an attack on Montana?".

Debris is found in Canada, where an investigation of the crash discovers a live human being in a Soviet space suit. Federal agents working for the American Department of Homeland Security get involved, receiving permission from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to operate in Canada. The man is in an unstable condition and his initial blood work shows signs of severe cancer, with his doctors proclaiming him too badly injured to transport. A note handwritten in Russian found at the crash site says that the man is the child of cosmonauts living at a base on Mars. Not believing the note and wanting to announce a Department of Homeland Security success to the press, the American DHS orders Agent Taylor to bring the man back to the United States as a suspected terrorist, despite his severe condition. Believing the note could be true, Taylor ignores his orders and destroys the permission from the RCMP, forcing his team to stay on site.

Journey To Space

Today on Far Future Horizons we showcase an exciting new and inspirational IMAX film “Journey To Space” premiering at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. in February.

Man vs. Universe ~ Mars Is Ours

Today on Far Future Horizons we proudly present the third and final episode of Man vs. The Universe, titled “Mars Is Ours”.

Exodus Earth ~ Mars

Mars is a world that holds a special mystique for humanity. We have been held under its captive spell for over a century. It is the one world where humanity expected to find life and sentience beyond the Earth. And, in the minds of many space visionaries today, Mars is the one world most likely to sever as a secondary planetary abode for terrestrial life and consciousness.

The colonization of Mars has been the topic of both romantic speculation and serious scientific study before the dawn of the Space Age. But, it has only been during the past forty years, beginning with observations of Mariner 9 and culminating with recent space missions of Mars Odyssey, Mars Express and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, that we can now assess the full resource potential of this world. 

Mars Alive

Today on Far Future Horizons we take an exciting look at the possibility of transforming the planet Mars into a second planetary abode for humanity and the other life forms of our planet. What would it take to Terraform the red planet and bring life to Mars and Mars to life?

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-forming") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to those of Earth to make it habitable by terran organisms.

The term is sometimes used more generally as a synonym for planetary engineering, although some consider this more general usage an error. The concept of Terraforming developed from both science fiction and actual science. The term was coined by Jack Williamson in a science-fiction story ("Collision Orbit") published during 1942 in Astounding Science Fiction, but the concept may pre-date this work.

Mars as it is now and after its Terraformation 

Race to Mars

The Terra Nova carries six astronauts from Earth to Mars

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Race to Mars.

Mars Rising - Six Minutes of Terror

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series “Mars Rising” – “Six Minutes of Terror”. William Shatner narrates this exciting series.

Mars is littered with the carcasses of crashed robotic landers and the Martian environment is very unforgiving. Historically there has been a fifty percent failure rate in all previous landings attempts.