Results 41 to 50 of about 813 (198)

Split-Attention Networks with Self-Calibrated Convolution for Moon Impact Crater Detection from Multi-Source Data

Remote Sensing, 2021
Impact craters are the most prominent features on the surface of the Moon, Mars, and Mercury. They play an essential role in constructing lunar bases, the dating of Mars and Mercury, and the surface exploration of other celestial bodies.
Yutong Jia, Gang Wan, Lei Liu, Jue Wang, Yitian Wu, Naiyang Xue, Ying Wang, Rixin Yang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial Endolithic Community at Meteor Crater

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Postimpact recovery and evolution in response to climate changes produced a modern ecosystem at Meteor Crater dominated by a grassland and woodland of piñon and juniper, which has been used to evaluate floral and megafaunal consequences of impact cratering during the Phanerozoic Eon of complex life.
David A. Kring, Charles S. Cockell
wiley   +1 more source

Slope Stability Analysis and Soil Mechanical Properties of Impact Craters around the Lunar South Pole

Remote Sensing
Water ice has been found in the permanently shadowed regions of impact craters around the lunar South Pole, which makes them ideal areas for in situ exploration missions.
Yantong Huang, Jiang Zhang, Bo Li, Shengbo Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

LCDNet: An Innovative Neural Network for Enhanced Lunar Crater Detection Using DEM Data

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Lunar craters are essential for spacecraft landing navigation and lunar exploration missions. Deep learning holds great promise in the crater detection task, but still faces some challenges.
Dingruibo Miao, Jianguo Yan, Zhigang Tu, Jean-Pierre Barriot   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Revealing the Mechanical Characteristics via Kinematic Wave Model for Snake-Like Robot Executing Exploration of Lunar Craters

IEEE Access, 2020
It is extremely difficult to collect deep lunar soil samples during lunar exploration, as the average thickness of lunar soils is very large, and the power of lunar soil sampling systems is inherently limited.
Xuyan Hou, Yuetian Shi, Long Li, Ye Tian, Yilin Su, Tianxiang Ding, Zongquan Deng   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solar Activity Dependence of the Dayside Lunar Surface Potential in the Terrestrial Magnetotail

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 5, 16 March 2026.
Abstract On the dayside of the Moon, the surface potential is primarily determined by (a) photoelectron emission by solar radiation and (b) the ambient plasma environment. Both of these drivers have large variability, but the resulting variability of the lunar surface potential has not been fully characterized yet.
Masahisa Kato, Yuki Harada, Shaosui Xu, Andrew Poppe, Jasper S. Halekas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Walking Wheel Design for Lunar Rove-Rand and Its Application Simulation Based on Virtual Lunar Environment

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2014
The lunar rover design is the key problem of planet exploration. It is extraordinarily important for researchers to fully understand the lunar terrain and propose the reasonable lunar rover.
Zhao Yibing, Zhang Ronghui, Li Linhui, Guo Lie, Zhang Mingheng   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wavelength Dependence of fs Laser Ablation Ionisation Mass Spectrometry: a Dedicated Study on NIST SRM 664

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 40, Issue 5, 15 March 2026.
ABSTRACT Rationale Laser ablation mass spectrometry provides fast and direct chemical information of solids with high spatial resolution without the need for complex sample preparation. It has been shown that reducing the laser pulse length below picoseconds improves the quantification of chemical composition measurements of solids. This study compares
Valentine Grimaudo, Andreas Riedo, Marek Tulej, Peter Wurz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recognition of landslides in lunar impact craters

European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018
Landslides have been observed on several planets and minor bodies of the solar System, including the Moon. Notwithstanding different types of slope failures have been studied on the Moon, a detailed lunar landslide inventory is still pending. Undoubtedly,
Marco Scaioni, Vasil Yordanov, Maria Teresa Brunetti, Maria Teresa Melis, Angelo Zinzi, Zhizhong Kang, Paolo Giommi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crater Observing Bioinspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
Crater Observing Bio‐inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA) is a modular, snake‐inspired robot that addresses the mobility challenges of extraterrestrial exploration sites such as Shackleton Crater. Incorporating snake‐like gaits and tumbling locomotion, COBRA navigates both uneven surfaces and steep crater walls.
Adarsh Salagame, Henry Noyes, Eric Sihite, Arash Kalantari, Alireza Ramezani   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source