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Space agencies have been incessantly working to propose a sustainable architecture for human Mars mission. But, before proceeding to a giant leap and accomplishing those mission intent, it is significant to know the extent of possibility to…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-05-07 Malaya Kumar Biswal M , Ramesh Naidu Annavarapu

As we become aware of Earth's changing climate, and as we discover terrestrial planets in other solar systems, we gain ever more reasons to study the Earth's nearest neighbour and closest sibling, the only Earth-sized planet besides our own…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Colin Frank Wilson , Thomas Widemann

The low temperatures and high ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels at the surface of Mars today currently preclude the survival of life anywhere except perhaps in limited subsurface niches. Several ideas for making the martian surface more…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-23 R. Wordsworth , L. Kerber , C. Cockell

Some human mission trajectories to Mars include flybys of Venus. These flybys provide opportunities to practice deep space human operations, and offer numerous safe-return-to-Earth options, before committing to longer and lower-cadence…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-11 Noam R. Izenberg , Ralph L. McNutt , Kirby D. Runyon , Paul K. Byrne , Alexander Macdonald

Understanding the concept of habitability is related to an evolutionary knowledge of the particular planet-in-question. Additional indications so-called "systemic aspects" of the planetary system as a whole governs a particular planet's…

Planet Mars past environmental conditions were similar to the early Earth, but nowadays they are similar to those of a very cold desert, irradiated by intense solar UV light. However, some terrestrial lifeform showed the capability to adapt…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-23 Giuseppe Galletta , Giulio Bertoloni , Maurizio D'Alessandro

Artworks can improve humanity ability to apply macro-engineering principles which skirt or correct oceanographic problems impairing the economic usefulness of coastal land, the overhead airshed, and seawater temperature and salinity…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Richard Cathcart , Alexander Bolonkin

Understanding planetary habitability is one of the major challenges of the current scientific era, particularly given the discovery of a large and diverse terrestrial exoplanet population. Discerning the primary factors that contribute to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Stephen R. Kane , Richard Ernst , Cedric Gillmann , Christopher Jones , Timothy Lyons , Christopher Tino

One of the main objectives of the Mars Exploration Program is to search for evidence of past or current life on the planet. To achieve this, Mars exploration has been focusing on regions that may have liquid or frozen water. A set of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-12 Kyle A. Pearson , Eldar Noe , Daniel Zhao , Alphan Altinok , Alex Morgan

This article is devoted to research the application of the spacecraft with a solar sail to support the certain climatic conditions in an area of the Mars surface. Authors propose principles of functioning of the spacecraft, intended to…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-09-19 Miroslav A. Rozhkov , Irina V. Gorbunova , Olga L. Starinova

The goal of finding and characterizing habitable planets in other solar systems represents one of humanity's greatest scientific challenges. NASA and ESA have initiated studies of missions that could accomplish this goal within the next ten…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Charles Beichman

Mars, lacking an intrinsic dynamo, is an ideal laboratory to comparatively study induced magnetospheres, which can be found in other terrestrial bodies as well as comets. Additionally, Mars is of particular interest to further exploration…

The successes of previous and current Mars rovers have encouraged space agencies worldwide to pursue additional planetary exploration missions with more ambitious navigation goals. For example, NASA's planned Mars Sample Return mission will…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-11 Olivier Lamarre , Jonathan Kelly

We propose a revolutionary way of studying the sur-face of Mars using a wind-driven network of mobile sensors- Gone with the Wind ON_Mars (GOWON). GOWON is envisioned to be a scalable, 100% self energy-generating and distributed system that…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2012-05-09 Faranak Davoodi , Ali Hajimiri , Neil Murphy , Michael Mischna , Issa Nesnas , Shouleh Nikzad

The Ingenuity helicopter test flights on Mars in April 2021 marked the first time a powered aircraft has flown on another world. Students who have access to model helicopters and drones may wonder, how well could those hover on the Red…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Philip Blanco

Terrestrial planets in temperate orbits around very low mass stars are likely to have evolved in a very different way than solar system planets, and in particular Earth. However, because these are the first planets that are and will be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-15 Martin Turbet

Having driven a large part of the decade's progress in physics, nanoelectronics is now passing from today's realm of the extraordinary to tomorrow's commonplace. This carries the problem of turning proofs of concept into practical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Mukunda P. Das , Frederick Green

Early Mars had rivers, but the cause of Mars' wet-to-dry transition remains unknown. Past climate on Mars can be probed using the spatial distribution of climate-sensitive landforms. We analyzed global databases of water-worked landforms…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-02 Edwin S. Kite , Michael A. Mischna , Bowen Fan , Alexander M. Morgan , Sharon A. Wilson , Mark I. Richardson

The space challenges do exist at every stride on a human expedition to Mars that arise due to galactic natural phenomena and artificial technologies. This paper emphasizes on Mars orbital and planetary challenges encountered from orbit to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-09 Malaya Kumar Biswal M , Noor Basanta Das , Ramesh Naidu Annavarapu

Recent papers by Ansari et al. (2024, Science Advances 10, eadn4650) and Richardson et al. (2025, arXiv eprint 2504.01455) have suggested that global warming of the Martian surface ('terraforming') by 35 K to sustain local habitats above…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-03 Ashwin S. Braude , Edwin S. Kite , Mark I. Richardson , Alexandre Kling , Michael A. Mischna