Volta, Alessandro Alessandro Volta with his electric pile, or wet battery, in an illustration by Louis Figuier, 1870. Â© Photos.com/Thinkstock; In 1801 in Paris Volta gave a demonstration of his batteryâs generation of electric current before Napoleon, who made Volta a count and a senator of the kingdom of Lombardy.
Journey time to Mars, which is approximately 40 million miles away depending on its position in orbit, would be around 200 days. âGoing to Mars would make me feel like I am a true Star Trek officer,â said one applicant, Michael Archavian.
How long does it take to get to Mars? NASA's New Horizons probe is the fastest spacecraft launched from Earth as of January 2015. It traveled at 36,000 miles per hour when it was launched in 2006. If it had traveled to Mars during the closest approach to Earth, it could have arrived in as little as 39 days.