According to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, no nation can claim sovereignty over a celestial body. However, practical governance will be required on Earth's neighbor.

In the vast, silent library of internet lore and speculative science, few file names capture the imagination quite like the It sounds like the title of a lost chapter from a golden-age sci-fi novel, or perhaps a declassified file marked with a red stamp reading "Eyes Only."

While Earth has clouds and mountains, Mars boasts the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. ACTIVITY KIT - Our Universe

Humanity is standing on the precipice of becoming a multi-planetary species. For decades, Mars was a distant point of light in the night sky, a subject reserved for science fiction novels and astronomical observations. Today, it represents the next frontier of human civilization.