Planting trees on Mars

The US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) is planning to send the next generation of self-propelled robots and plant seeds to the red planet.

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Picture 1 of Planting trees on Mars
Illustrating the development of plants on Mars - (Photo: Space.com)

The trip is expected to depart in mid-2020 and land on Mars in 2021, according to Space.com.

This plan is called the Mars Plant Experiment (MPX) , with the aim of building a small greenhouse to grow plants. If successful, this could be a way to pave the way for people to live on this planet.

The MPX is a self-propelled self-propelled self-propelled robot . The box will be filled with air from Earth and put in 200 seeds of Arabidopsis, a plant with small white flowers.

The seeds will receive water when the autonomous robot lands safely on Mars. Scientists hope that, within 15 days, greenhouses will show signs of life.