Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars [PDF]
, 2001 The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), an instrument on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, has measured the topography, surface roughness, and 1.064-μm reflectivity of Mars and the heights of volatile and dust clouds.
Ivanov, Anton B. +2 more
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Seasonal Ice Cover Could Allow Liquid Lakes to Persist in a Cold Mars Paleoclimate
AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract Geomorphic and stratigraphic studies of Mars prove that extensive liquid water flowed and pooled on the surface early in Mars' history. Martian paleoclimate models, however, have difficulty simulating climate conditions warm enough to maintain liquid water on early Mars.
Eleanor L. Moreland +8 more
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Development of a mineralogically replicated Martian regolith simulant informed by Martian meteorites
Cleaner MaterialsMartian regolith simulants play a critical role in scientific research, payload testing, and in situ resource utilization (ISRU) experiments. However, the absence of actual Martian soil samples limits the accuracy of current simulants in replicating the ...
Yutong Deng +5 more
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Improving the Accuracy of the Martian Ephemeris Short-Term Prediction
Advances in Astronomy, 2018 The Chinese Mars exploration mission is planned to be launched in 2020, which includes an orbiter, a lander, and a rover. High precision Martian ephemeris is very important in Mars exploration, especially for the Martian orbit insertion and the Martian ...
Quan Shan +5 more
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Assimilating the Martian water cycle [PDF]
, 2012 Water ice clouds have been shown to alter the thermal structure of the Martian atmosphere. Here we discuss the assimilation of total column water vapour and dust optical depth data from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) into the UK/LMD MGCM, and ...
Lewis, S. R. +3 more
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To Mars through LEO: How commercial space travel will change exploration‐enabling research
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Christopher Puhl, Michail Magkos
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Impact Reactivation of a Hydrothermal System in Basalt in the Vargeão Dome Impact Structure, Brazil
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2026.Abstract As hydrous minerals have been observed in impact craters on Mars, impact‐generated hydrothermal systems (IGHSs) have been considered as potential habitats for life on that planet. The Vargeão Dome, a 12 km wide impact structure in southern Brazil, was formed in basalts with at least two hydrothermal alteration stages.
Jitse Alsemgeest +5 more
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Geophysical Research LettersThe Martian bow shock (BS) plays a significant role in the Martian plasma environment. Based on observations from Tianwen‐1 and MAVEN, we first report two cases of simultaneous two‐point crossings of the Martian BS affected by an interplanetary coronal ...
Ming Wang +9 more
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Petrologic constraints on the pressure, temperature, time and composition of the Martian interior [PDF]
Petrologic analysis of surface samples has been used to deduce pressure and temperature conditions existing in the crust and upper mantle at specific times in the Earth's history, as well as to estimate the chemical and mineralogical composition of the ...
Holloway, John R.
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Beyond the horizon: Why space biology is the next great innovation opportunity
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Carina Kern, Keith Siew
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