The effects of radiation on the survivability of key biosignatures are a driving factor in
exploration strategies throughout the solar system. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation, especially …

The Water Ice Subsurface Deposit Observation on Mars (WISDOM) Ground Penetrating
Radar (GPR) is one of the instruments that have been selected as part of the Pasteur …

The return of samples from known locations on Mars is among the highest priority goals of
the international planetary science community. A possible scenario for Mars Sample Return …

Abstract The Kachchh Basin is a peri-cratonic rift basin in western India, exposing a vast
range of diverse geologic features representing the past 200 million years spanning from the …

Terrestrial analogue environments are places on Earth that present geological or
environmental conditions that are similar to those found on an extraterrestrial body …

We propose a new technique for the detection of microorganisms by elemental composition
analyses of a sample extracted from regolith, permafrost, and ice of extraterrestrial bodies …

In 2001, the US National Research Council, at the request of NASA, initiated a broad
community survey of the current state of solar system exploration seeking recommendations …

Terrestrial simulations for crewed missions are critically important for testing technologies
and improving methods and procedures for future robotic and human planetary exploration …

Martian geology and surface geomorphic features are grouped under Noachian, Hesperian,
and Amazonian eras, based on the crater retention ages and resurfacing ages by crater …

The magmatism in Kachchh is associated with the northwestern Deccan Continental Flood
Basalt Province (CFB)(~ 65–68 Ma). They form the base of the local Deccan stratigraphy …