Mars in situ resource utilization: a review

SO Starr, AC Muscatello - Planetary and Space Science, 2020 - Elsevier
We provide a review of the development of systems to utilize natural resources on Mars to
enable advanced missions. We review the rationale, history, available resources, systems …

Five decades of radioglaciology

DM Schroeder, RG Bingham, DD Blankenship… - Annals of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Radar sounding is a powerful geophysical approach for characterizing the subsurface
conditions of terrestrial and planetary ice masses at local to global scales. As a result, a wide …

[HTML][HTML] Scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China's first Mars exploration mission

Y Zou, Y Zhu, Y Bai, L Wang, Y Jia, W Shen… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes the scientific objectives and payloads of Tianwen-1, China's first
exploration mission to Mars. An orbiter, carrying a lander and a rover, lifted-off in July 2020 …

Exposed subsurface ice sheets in the Martian mid-latitudes

CM Dundas, AM Bramson, L Ojha, JJ Wray, MT Mellon… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Thick deposits cover broad regions of the Martian mid-latitudes with a smooth mantle;
erosion in these regions creates scarps that expose the internal structure of the mantle. We …

The case for biotech on Mars

SN Nangle, MY Wolfson, L Hartsough, NJ Ma… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The case for biotech on Mars | Nature Biotechnology Skip to main content Thank you for
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Discrimination between dry and water ices by full polarimetric radar: Implications for China's first martian exploration

H Liu, J Li, X Meng, B Zhou, G Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
China's first Mars rover named “Zhurong” has begun its exploration at the surface of the
Utopian Plain in the Martian northern hemisphere on May 22, 2021. Mars rover penetrating …

[HTML][HTML] Water on Mars—a literature review

M Nazari-Sharabian, M Aghababaei, M Karakouzian… - Galaxies, 2020 - mdpi.com
To assess Mars' potential for both harboring life and providing useable resources for future
human exploration, it is of paramount importance to comprehend the water situation on the …

Atmospheric loss to space and the history of water on Mars

BM Jakosky - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Mars is the nearest planet that potentially harbors life and that can be explored by humans,
so its history of water is of considerable importance. Water was abundant on early Mars but …

Widespread shallow water ice on Mars at high latitudesand midlatitudes

S Piqueux, J Buz, CS Edwards… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We derive the depth of the water ice table on Mars by fitting seasonal surface temperature
trends acquired by the Mars Climate Sounder and Thermal Emission Imaging System with a …

Geological characteristics of China's Tianwen-1 landing site at Utopia Planitia, Mars

X Wu, Y Liu, C Zhang, Y Wu, F Zhang, J Du, Z Liu… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
China's first Mars mission Tianwen-1 successfully touched down the surface of the southern
Utopia Planitia on 15th May 2021. In this study we investigate the geological characteristics …