marsport n.

a spaceport on Mars

Usually as a proper name.

  • 1931 J. H. Haggard An Adventure on Eros in Wonder Stories Sept. 548/1 page image J. Harvey Haggard bibliography

    He…pushed forward the blue square of crinkled paper…. [to:] INTERPLANETARY EARTHPORT [message:] IMPORTANT STOP DETAIN ALL SPACECRAFT LEAVING EARTH…[signed:] COMMANDER MARSPORT.

  • 1937 ‘R. Rocklynne’ Water for Mars in Astounding Stories Apr. ii. 17/1 page image Ross Rocklynne bibliography

    In a fever of anxiety, he left the ship at Marsport, rocketed in a single passenger ship across the dull deserts, and followed a main canal to the capitol.

  • 1947 G. O. Smith Quest to Centaurus in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. 81/1 page image George O. Smith bibliography

    He went to bed and, the next morning, dropped his ship at Marsport.

  • 1955 R. Sheckley Deadhead in Galaxy Magazine July 81/1 page image Robert Sheckley bibliography

    I drove down to Marsport a few hours after the Earth ship landed. [Ibid. 88/1] I climbed in my jeep and drove to Marsport. I had quite a few harsh words to say to the captain of the space freighter who had allowed Franklin on board.

  • 1965 F. Pohl Under Two Moons in Worlds of If Sept. 9/2 page image Frederik Pohl bibliography

    He knew this part of Marsport less well than almost any of the rest of the red planet, but recognized this rundown corridor as a slum.

  • 1974 P. Gotleib The Military Hospital in Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 52/1 page image Phyllis Gotlieb bibliography

    DeLazzari watched the TV news, followed the courses of battles over the world and on Moonbase and Marsport, and made book with himself on where his next casualties would be coming from.

  • 1998 ‘B. Sparhawk’ Olympus Mons! in Analog Science Fiction & Fact Feb. 16/1 Bud Sparhawk bibliography

    I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed by the bureaucrats at Marsport. Took me four days to fill out all the waivers and get them processed. And the fees!

  • 2022 J. Downes The Way Back in Analog Science Fiction & Fact Jan.–Feb. 99/2 Jen Downes bibliography

    I’d learn the trade, score my license before I was twenty—see Marsport and Darkside, Ceres, Pallermo, and the Solomons in the Belt. I couldn’t wait.


Research requirements

antedating 1931

Earliest cite

J. Harvey Haggard, in Wonder Stories

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