The Mars Project

This article is about the 1952 scientific book. For planet Mars projects, see exploration of Mars. For projects named Mars, see Mars (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Project Mars: A Technical Tale, the science fiction novel by Wernher von Braun.
The Mars Project
First German edition book cover
AuthorWernher von Braun
Original titleDas Marsprojekt
TranslatorHenry J. White
LanguageGerman
SubjectHuman mission to Mars
PublisherFrankfurt: Umschau Verlag (German 1st ed.)
Urbana: University of Illinois Press (English 1st ed.)
Publication date
1952
Publication placeGermany
Published in English
1953
Media typeprint (hardback)
Pages81 (German 1st ed.)
91 (English 1st ed.)
Followed byThe Exploration of Mars 

The Mars Project (German: Das Marsprojekt) is a 1952 non-fiction scientific book by the German (later German-American) rocket physicist, astronautics engineer and space architect Wernher von Braun. It was translated from the original German by Henry J. White and first published in English by the University of Illinois Press in 1953.

The Mars Project is a technical specification for a human expedition to Mars. It was written by von Braun in 1948 and was the first "technically comprehensive design" for such an expedition.[1] The book has been described as "the most influential book on planning human missions to Mars".[2]

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