Our Mission

Our mission is to ensure the safe departure of a crewed Mars mission from the Martian surface. MIDAS aims to design a Mars Ascent Vehicle capable of transporting two crew members and samples from the Martian surface to a Mars orbit using a two-lander concept and an autonomous robotic refueling of the MAV after its arrival on the Red Planet. This mission is essential to the first successful manned mission to Mars, which will provide more knowledge of the Martian surface than we have been able to collect with machines alone and set a precedent for human visitation and future colonization of the Red Planet.