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Performance Analysis of Mars-Powered Descent-Based Landing in a Constrained Optimization Control Framework [PDF]

open access: goldEnergies, 2021
It is imperative to find new places other than Earth for the survival of human beings. Mars could be the alternative to Earth in the future for us to live. In this context, many missions have been performed to examine the planet Mars.
Adnan Khalid   +9 more
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Landing on Mars [PDF]

open access: yesTehnika, 2019
More than 40 years after the first successful landing on Mars, in situ exploration of its surface continues to be a huge scientific and technological challenge.
Marčeta Dušan M., Rašuo Boško P.
doaj   +2 more sources

Geology of the InSight landing site on Mars [PDF]

open access: yesNature Communications, 2020
The InSight spacecraft landed on Mars on November 2018. Here, the authors characterize the surficial geology of the landing site and compare with observations and models derived from remote sensing data prior to landing and from ongoing in situ ...
M. Golombek   +46 more
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Identification of the Beagle 2 lander on Mars [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2017
The 2003 Beagle 2 Mars lander has been identified in Isidis Planitia at 90.43° E, 11.53° N, close to the predicted target of 90.50° E, 11.53° N. Beagle 2 was an exobiology lander designed to look for isotopic and compositional signs of life on Mars, as ...
J. C. Bridges   +11 more
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An enhanced anti-disturbance guidance scheme for powered descent phase of Mars landing under actuator fault [PDF]

open access: goldInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018
As a class of autonomous deep-space exploration robots, Mars lander is simultaneously affected by wind disturbance and actuator fault, which hinders precise landing on Mars.
Jianwei Xu, Jianzhong Qiao, Lei Guo
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A probable ancient nearshore zone in southern Utopia on Mars unveiled from observations at the Zhurong landing area [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
The Chinese Mars rover Zhurong successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars in May 2021. Previous research suggested a Hesperian ocean may have existed in the northern lowland on Mars.
Bo Wu   +14 more
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Surface-material maps of Viking landing sites on Mars [PDF]

open access: green, 1991
Researchers mapped the surface materials at the Viking landing sites on Mars to gain a better understanding of the materials and rock populations at the sites and to provide information for future exploration.
Keller, J. M., Moore, H. J.
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Dust Storm Activity in Chryse Planitia Using MGS-MOC Observations from Mars Years 24–28

open access: yesUniverse, 2021
Dust storms, observed in all seasons, are among the most momentous of Mars’ atmospheric activities. The Entry–Descent–Landing (EDL) activity of a Martian landing mission is influenced by local atmospheric conditions, especially the probability of dust ...
Bo Li   +6 more
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