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EMMI - Electric Solar Wind Sail Facilitated Manned Mars Initiative [PDF]
The novel propellantless electric solar wind sail concept promises efficient low thrust transportation in the Solar System outside Earth's magnetosphere.
Janhunen, Pekka+2 more
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Conceptual Design of Mars Lander with Novel Impact Intriguing System
Landing robotic spacecrafts and humans on Mars has become one of the inevitable technological necessities for humans. Effectuating perfect Mars expedition requires landing of enormous cargoes, crewed modules, ascent vehicles, and scientific laboratories.
Annavarapu, Ramesh Naidu+1 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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Rock Abundance and Erosion Rate at the Zhurong Landing Site in Southern Utopia Planitia on Mars
Rocks on the Martian surface exhibit signatures of geological activities. Rock distribution is also an important factor for landing site selection for exploration missions.
Zeyu Chen+7 more
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The Analysis of Cones within the Tianwen-1 Landing Area
On 15 May 2021, the Zhurong rover of China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1 (TW-1), successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars. Various landforms were present in the landing area, and this area recorded a complex geological history. Cones are
Hai Huang+7 more
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EVALUATING STEREO DTM QUALITY AT JEZERO CRATER, MARS WITH HRSC, CTX, AND HIRISE IMAGES [PDF]
We have used a high-precision, high-resolution digital terrain model (DTM) of the NASA Mars 2020 rover Perseverance landing site in Jezero crater based on mosaicked images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ...
R. L. Kirk+7 more
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The Dielectric Properties of Martian Regolith at the Tianwen‐1 Landing Site
Mars' surface is characterized by a weathered layer of regolith and exposed rock exposures that are the results of long‐term geological processes. The Mars Rover Penetrating Radar (RoPeR) on board the Zhurong rover of China's first Mars mission (Tianwen ...
Ling Zhang+5 more
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A human Mars mission is more challenging to astronauts than the Apollo mission because of travel time, life support requirements, and the space environment.
Claudio Bruno+2 more
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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.
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Geology of the InSight landing site on Mars
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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