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Transit Day
Posted at 08:54 PM on 5/06/04 :: 1 comment(s)

In a few days time, Venus will be making a transit across the sun, a once in a lifetime event. In Transit Day, Stuart Atkinson imagines what a different kind of transit might be like, seen from Mars, and what effect it might have on colonists young and old...

Field Trip
Posted at 01:02 PM on 22/03/04 :: 1 comment(s)

What will happen to Spirit and Opportunity in the years and decades to come? Will they consigned to the footnotes of history and sit inert on Mars slowly ageing, forgotten? Stuart Atkinson disagrees, and imagines a future for the intrepid rovers where they will continue to educate and inspire even those who least expect it, in his latest short story, Field Trip.

Mars Frontier: Appendix to Part 1
Posted at 08:04 PM on 25/09/03 :: 1 comment(s)

All too often, authors neglect the 'science' in science fiction, but in Mars Frontier, Robert Stockman has written detailed appendices for each part of the novel. In this first appendix, Stockman discusses the technology and logistics of the journey from Earth to Mars.

Mars Frontier: Chapter 4
Posted at 12:29 PM on 17/09/03 :: 2 comment(s)

In Christmas, the fourth chapter of Mars Frontier, the international crew of the first manned mission to Mars discover that differences between nationalities and religions can't be left behind on Earth.

Mars Frontier: Chapter 3
Posted at 12:19 PM on 17/09/03 :: 1 comment(s)

In the third chapter of Robert Stockman's novel, Mars Frontier, the astronauts take a flyby of the asteroid 2015AS.

Mars Frontier: Chapter 2
Posted at 03:13 PM on 19/08/03 :: 4 comment(s)

Continuing our serialization of Robert Stockman's novel, Mars Frontier, New Mars is happy to present the second chapter, Flight.

Mars Frontier: Chapter 1
Posted at 07:05 PM on 7/08/03 :: 2 comment(s)

Starting from this week, New Mars is proud to present the serialization of Mars Frontier, a novel by Robert Stockman on the first manned mission to Mars. The first chapter, Gateway is now online and additional chapters will follow every week.

A Martian Christmas
Posted at 05:09 PM on 27/12/01 :: 7 comment(s)

Fifty years from now, will we be receiving Christmas messages from Mars? Stuart Atkinson thinks so, and no matter how far we travel from Earth, there are some traditions we'll never forget.

Mairi Dimond
Posted at 07:06 PM on 12/10/01 :: 6 comment(s)

In this first installment of an exclusive new serial to New Mars, Stuart Atkinson writes about the first manned mission to Mars taking place under circumstances that are more different - and darker - than we could ever imagine.

The Lost Dawn
Posted at 04:03 PM on 23/09/01 :: 2 comment(s)

On July 20th 2001, it was the 25th anniversary of the touchdown of the Viking 1 lander on Mars. Stuart Atkinson reminisces over the opportunities that we have passed by since we were able to see the first pictures of the landscape of Mars.

Stars in the Sky
Posted at 05:34 PM on 7/08/01 :: 15 comment(s)

Adrian Hon presents a bleak view of the future colonization of Mars in this short story; no matter how far we travel, we will always be burdened by the legacy of our past. Part of the Mars Tales issue.

Letter from Home
Posted at 05:26 PM on 7/08/01 :: 0 comment(s)

A short story by Stuart Atkinson. In 2062, a young girl living on Mars writes to her father about her new job with Mars Heritage, a group which preserves and protects spaceprobes sent from Earth in the decades before. Part of the Mars Tales issue.

Cultural Differences
Posted at 05:14 PM on 7/08/01 :: 1 comment(s)

A short story by Ruth Waterton about two enduring obsession of Mars Society fanatics: the red planet, and chocolate. Part of the Mars Tales issue.