NASA hopes to put man on Mars within 15 years after being given an order by Donald Trump to speed up their space operations. There have only been six times that astronauts have walked on the Moon, all of which were carried out by NASA as part of its Apollo programme. Trump envisioned a bright future for the US space program, pledging to revive the country's flagging efforts, return to the moon and eventually send a manned mission that would reach Mars. The president framed space as a national security issue, saying he does not want 'China and Russia and other countries leading us'. Trump had previously suggested the possibility of creating a space unit that would include portions equivalent to parts of the Air Force, Army and Navy.

Source: Daily Mail April 04, 2019 16:52 UTC