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Space Train 'Solar Express' Could Shuttle Passengers to Mars in Just Two Days
An inventor has unveiled an ambitious concept design for a space train named the "Solar Express" that could be used in future to ferry passengers and cargo through space faster than any existing system, writes the Mirror.
Each train would be composed of six 50m-long cylinders in a straight line.
NASA's Orion capsule blasts off on 'first step' to Mars
The U.S. space agency's Orion capsule blasted off Dec. 5 on its first journey into orbit, in a key test flight before carrying people to deep space destinations like Mars in the coming years.
The unmanned spacecraft soared to space at 7:05 a.m. (1205 GMT) atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket that rumbled and roared as it climbed above the Florida coast at sunrise.