Earth Space Exploration Program (ESEP)
MARS MISSION UPDATE:  SPECIAL BULLETIN

Written Media Briefing:  24 February 2016  15:00 PM PST  (Sol 51 Sur 1 Year 1  23:16 NST)

ICP Firing Event

The Orbital Transfer Firing (OTF) of the ESS Queen Elizabeth II did not go as planned. There is no more information at this time. The crew and ground personnel are currently reviewing the situation and determining if the mission is threatened. The ESS QE II is at escape velocity and will pass by the Moon tonight between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM tonight.

If the mission is aborted it would take about a week to return to Earth.

Further information on Earth’s first human mission to Mars can be found at www.Mars2016.org.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Noctis of Mars is a real-time science fiction adventure published online at www.Mars2016.org. The book begins at the commissioning ceremonies which occurred on 1 February 2016. Each day at 14:00 PT (17:00 ET) a new section of a chapter is published. The chapters are published each time the last section of a chapter is published.

The First Chapter can be read here:   Chapter 1 – Commissioning Day