According to NASA scientists, the first explorers on Mars may build their homes using the ice beneath their feet to effectively protect them from the harsh martian environment and provide a safe place to call home.

• NASA researchers said, ‘Mars Ice Dome’, is one of many potential concepts for sustainable habitation on the red planet .

Interesting Facts about Mars

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. 
• It is the next planet beyond Earth. 
• Mars is more than 142 million miles from the sun. 
• The planet is about one-sixth the size of Earth. 
• Mars is known as the Red Planet. It gets its red colour from the iron in its soil. 
• Mars has two small moons—Phobos and Deimos.
• Mars is very cold. The average temperature on Mars is minus 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Mars is rocky with canyons, volcanoes and craters all over it. 
• Red dust covers almost all of Mars. 
• It has clouds and wind, just as Earth does. Sometimes the wind blows the red dust into a dust storm.
• Tiny dust storms can look like tornados, and large ones can cover the whole planet.
• Mars has about one-third the gravity of Earth. A rock dropped on Mars would fall slower than a rock dropped on Earth. 
• Things weigh less on Mars than they weigh on Earth. A person who weighs 100 pounds on Earth would only weigh about 37 pounds on Mars because of less gravity.