planet · the Solar System
Mars
The red planet: thin carbon dioxide air, polar ice caps and Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the Solar System.
- Type
- Planet
- Orbits
- the Sun
- Distance
- in the Solar System
- Diameter
- about 6,779 km
About Mars
- Olympus Mons rises about 22 kilometres, nearly three times the height of Everest.
- Valles Marineris, a canyon system about 4,000 kilometres long, would cross the United States.
- Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos.
Ares Orbital Yards
The Fleet's largest orbital shipyard in high Mars orbit: a new starship hull taking shape inside its assembly cage, with a crew habitat tower alongside.. Location in the game: High Mars orbit, about 20 000 km above the surface.
Visit Mars in VR
In IKAREE, Mars is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for Mars. Full impulse.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for Mars, Captain.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of Mars.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
