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Can plants grow on Mars and the moon: a growth experiment on Mars and moon soil simulants. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
When humans will settle on the moon or Mars they will have to eat there. Food may be flown in. An alternative could be to cultivate plants at the site itself, preferably in native soils.
G W Wieger Wamelink, Joep Y Frissel, Wilfred H J Krijnen, M Rinie Verwoert, Paul W Goedhart   +4 more
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Performance of Lunar Regolith Shield under Meteoroid Impact: Uncertainties of a Numerical Prediction

Applied Sciences, 2022
The protection of the future lunar base from radiation, thermal stresses and impacts of meteoroids can be achieved by several options, generally consisting in a shielding system, made of either regolith or combined materials.
Alessia Verdino, Oscar Arena, Osvaldo Bottiglieri, Francesco Cafaro, Enrico Dini   +4 more
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Effect of Soil Type on Running Performance of Small Lunar Rover

Aerospace
It is very easy for a small lunar rover to slip on the regolith of the lunar surface and become stuck. Previous studies have quantitatively evaluated the effects of wheel geometry, such as elliptical or eccentric wheels, on the performance of a rover ...
Kimitaka Watanabe, Tomoki Horiguchi, Kazuto Tanaka   +2 more
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DEM–FEM simulation of steering performance of flexible metal wheel for staffed lunar rover [PDF]

Mechanical Sciences
In this paper, a wheel–soil coupling simulation system was constructed to simulate the interaction between the flexible metal wheels of a staffed lunar rover during steering maneuvers.
J. Zhu, J. Zhu, J. Zhu, Y. Hu, Y. Hu, K. Wang, M. Zou   +6 more
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The Potential for Lunar and Martian Regolith Simulants to Sustain Plant Growth: A Multidisciplinary Overview

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022
Bioregenerative life support systems (BLSS) are conceived of and developed so as to provide food sources for crewed missions to the Moon or Mars. The in situ resource utilization (ISRU) approach aims to reduce terrestrial input into a BLSS by using ...
Luigi Giuseppe Duri, Antonio Giandonato Caporale, Youssef Rouphael, Simona Vingiani, Simona Vingiani, Mario Palladino, Stefania De Pascale, Paola Adamo, Paola Adamo   +8 more
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Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Soil Simulant Brick

Journal of Progress in Civil Engineering
In-situ utilization of lunar soil resources to create construction units such as bricks is one of the best methods for establishing architectures on the moon, avoiding the exorbitant costs associated with transporting materials and massive equipment from
Ailing Xun, Yingyu Chen, Lu Zhang, Chao Xu, Meng Zou, Luquan Ren   +5 more
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The Effect of Tip Design on Technological Performance During the Exploration of Earth, Lunar, and Martian Soil Environments

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the penetration performance of soil‐burrowing probes with different tip designs during shallow‐depth penetration in various media, including terrestrial soils (Hostun sand) and well‐characterized planetary soil simulants (LHS‐1 Lunar regolith simulant and MGS‐1 Martian regolith simulant).
Serena Rosa Maria Pirrone, Emanuela Del Dottore, Gunter Just, Barbara Mazzolai, Luc Sibille   +4 more
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Oxychlorine Species on Mars: A Review

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 63, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Oxychlorine species (mainly perchlorate and chlorate) have been identified at multiple locations on the surface of Mars by both orbiter and in situ rovers. They have also been found in martian meteorites. Cl‐isotopes in meteoritic minerals suggest that an oxychlorine cycle has been operating on the martian surface for the last ∼4 billion years.
Kaushik Mitra
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Differences in forming mechanisms and mechanical properties between LPBF and DED processed highland gabbro lunar soil simulants

Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and directed energy deposition (DED) are effective technologies for customised lunar construction; however, the essential differences in technological principles and forming mechanisms for processing highland gabbro lunar ...
Peng Chen, Lu Zhang, Hu Zhao, Huajun Sun, Chaoyang Jiang, Kai Liu, Guizhou Liu, Yusheng Shi   +7 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Additive Manufacturing for Space Applications: Materials, Advances, Challenges, and Future Directions

Advanced Engineering Materials, Volume 27, Issue 22, November 2025.
Additive manufacturing (AM) transforms space hardware by enabling lightweight, high‐performance, and on‐demand production. This review outlines AM processes—powder bed fusion (PBF), directed energy deposition (DED), binder jetting (BJ), sheet lamination (SL), and material extrusion (ME)—applied to propulsion, satellite structures, and thermal devices ...
Stelios K. Georgantzinos, Eleni Papadopoulou, Grigorios Kostopoulos, Stefanos Voulgaris, Alexandra Tseni, Panteleimon Bakalis, Maria Gkara, Chara C. Mitropoulou, Nikos D. Lagaros   +8 more
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