Using XRD to Characterize Sediment Sorting in a Mars Analog Glacio-Fluvio-Eolian Basaltic Sedimentary System in Iceland [PDF]
The martian surface has a primarily basaltic composition and is dominated by sedimentary deposits. Ancient layered sedimentary rocks have been identified across the planet from orbit, have been studied in situ by the Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars ...
Bedford, C. C. +12 more
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Should We Invest in Martian Brine Research to Reduce Mars Exploration Costs? [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2017 MartÃn-Torres J, Zorzano MP.
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Simulated manned Mars exploration: effects of dietary and diurnal cycle variations on the gut microbiome of crew members in a controlled ecological life support system. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Dong HS, Chen P, Yu YB, Zang P, Wei Z.
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This poster of Mars shows a full-disk mosaic, taken by the Mars Global Surveyor. The northern polar ice cap, Tharsis volcanoes, and Valles Marineris are visible.
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New approaches to the exploration: planet Mars and bacterial life
, 2011 Planet Mars past environmental conditions were similar to the early Earth, but nowadays they are similar to those of a very cold desert, irradiated by intense solar UV light. However, some terrestrial lifeform showed the capability to adapt to very harsh
Bertoloni, Giulio +2 more
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The Moon as a Stepping Stone to Human Mars Missions [PDF]
Human space mission designers stretching back to von Braun and beyond have envisioned the moon as a waypoint to the more challenging missions to Mars. The moon is seen as a potential proving ground for technologies, equipment and operations, and a venue ...
Cirillo, William +10 more
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Draft Genome Sequences of Bacillus glennii V44-8, Bacillus saganii V47-23a, Bacillus sp. Strain V59.32b, Bacillus sp. Strain MER_TA_151, and Paenibacillus sp. Strain MER_111, Isolated from Cleanrooms Where the Viking and Mars Exploration Rover Spacecraft Were Assembled. [PDF]
Microbiol Resour Announc, 2020 Becket E +21 more
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The most important resources of Mars for the early exploration phase will be oxygen and water, derived from the Martian atmosphere and regolith, which will be used for propellant and life support.
Duke, Michael B.
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Capabilities Development: From International Space Station and the Moon to Mars [PDF]
The President of the United States, in signing Space Policy Directive-1, directed the NASA Administrator to lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the solar ...
Boggs, Kathleen Gallagher +2 more
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Mars 94 Mission: Current plans and science [PDF]
The Soviet Space Program proposes large-scale investigations of Mars as one of the most important trends for the next 10 to 15 years. The objectives include global studies of the surface of Mars, its atmosphere, and the return of soil samples to Earth ...
Marov, Mikhail YA., Mukhin, Lev
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