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The acidic sulfate-rich waters of the Meridiani Planum region were potentially a habitable environment for iron-oxidizing bacteria on ancient Mars. If life existed in this ancient martian environment, jarosite minerals precipitating in these waters may ...
Liane Loiselle+5 more
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Small Mars Mission Architecture Study
While the vast majority of ESA’s funding for Mars exploration in the 2020s is planned to be invested in ExoMars and Mars Sample Return, there is an interest to assess the possibility of implementing a small mission to Mars in parallel with, or soon after,
Claire E. Parfitt+6 more
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The probe of China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, has been successfully launched. It will carry out scientific exploration on the topography, soil characteristics, water ice, climate, ionosphere, and physical fields of Mars.
Ying Wang+6 more
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Mars Exploration Using Sailplanes
We present the preliminary design of sailplanes, used for Mars exploration. The sailplanes mitigate the weight and energy storage limitations traditionally associated with powered flight by instead exploiting atmospheric wind gradients for dynamic soaring, and slope/thermal updrafts for static soaring.
Adrien Bouskela+5 more
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Near-tropical subsurface ice on Mars [PDF]
Near-surface perennial water ice on Mars has been previously inferred down to latitudes of about 45{\deg} and could result from either water vapor diffusion through the regolith under current conditions or previous ice ages precipitations.
Aharonson+38 more
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Life on Mars, can we detect it?
Searching for evidence of life on Mars is a major impetus for exploration. A new study published in Nature Communications finds that current Mars mission instruments lack the essential sensitivity to identify life traces in Chilean desert samples that ...
Carol R. Stoker
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Advancements in the gravity field and lithosphere structure of the Moon and Mars
The Moon and Mars are adjacent to Earth and are starting stations for human exploration of the Universe. An in-depth study of the lithospheric structure of the Moon and Mars can reveal the composition and structure of their crust and mantle systems and ...
Shiyu Zhang, Bo Chen, Changyi Xu
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Toward Sustainable Mars Exploration: A Perspective on Collaborative Intelligent Systems
Mars has long captivated the human imagination as a potential destination for settlement and scientific exploration. After deploying individual rovers, the next step in our journey to Mars is the autonomous exploration of the Red Planet using a ...
Thomas Janssen+9 more
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Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction
The Chinese Mars exploration mission is planned to be launched in 2020, which includes an orbiter, a lander, and a rover. High precision Martian ephemeris is very important in Mars exploration, especially for the Martian orbit insertion and the Martian ...
Quan Shan+5 more
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For Mars exploration, spaceflight is advancing with the goal of sending manned spacecraft to Mars. Mars is 54.6 million kilometers away when it is closest to Earth.
Yongwoong Lee
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