Human mission to Mars a similar mission in English in the book "The Conquest of Space" (1949), featuring illustrations by Chesley Bonestell. Von Braun's Mars project envisioned nearly a thousand three-stage vehicles launching from Earth to ferry parts for the Mars mission to be constructed at a space station in Earth orbit. The mission itself featured a fleet of ten spacecraft with a combined crew of 70 heading to Mars, bringing three winged surface excursion ships that would land horizontally on the surface of Mars. (Winged landing was considered possible because at the time of his proposal, the Martian atmosphere was believed to be
Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars Stowaway to Mars is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham. It was first published in 1936 as "Planet Plane" (Newnes Limited, London), then serialised in "The Passing Show" as "Stowaway to Mars" and again in 1937 in "Modern Wonder" magazine as "The Space Machine". The novel was written under one of Wyndham's early pen names, John Beynon. It was published by Coronet Books in 1972 as ""Stowaway to Mars" by John Wyndham". . Reviewer Groff Conklin described the first American edition as "an interesting adventure story." The title novella of the collection "Sleepers of Mars" was