In-Situ Radar Observation of Shallow Lunar Regolith at the Chang'E-5 Landing Site: Research Progress and Perspectives

F Fang, C Ding, J Feng, Y Su, R Sharma, I Giannakis - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
China accomplished a historic milestone in 2020 when the mission Chang'e-5 (CE-5) to the
Lunar's surface was successfully launched. An extraordinary component of this mission is …

Buried palaeo-polygonal terrain detected underneath Utopia Planitia on Mars by the Zhurong radar

L Zhang, C Li, J Zhang, B Zhou, YYS Zhao, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
As the largest basin on Mars, Utopia Planitia has both experienced and recorded variations
of the Martian palaeoclimate. Layered subsurface structures have been identified by ground …

Water Ice and Possible Habitability in the Landing Area of Tianwen-1 Mission

C Jiang, C Ding, Y Su, S Xing, J Li, S Dai - Space Science Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Tianwen-1 mission, marking China's inaugural venture into Mars exploration,
successfully deployed the Zhurong rover on Utopia Planitia. This review primarily focuses on …

The Dielectric Properties of Martian Regolith at the Tianwen‐1 Landing Site

L Zhang, Y Xu, R Liu, R Chen… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Exploring the dielectric loss of Martian regolith in the frequency domain using Zhurong radar data

J Sun, Y Feng, Y Cao, S Chen, Z Lei, Y Dong, M Xi… - Icarus, 2025 - Elsevier
Martian regolith is one of the primary science objectives of Mars exploration missions. The
Rover Penetrating Radar carried by Zhurong rover allows for high-resolution subsurface …

Assessing radar attenuation in RIMFAX soundings at the Jezero western fan front, Mars

S Eide, TM Casademont, ES Shoemaker… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of radar attenuation in the shallow Martian subsurface are retrieved from RIMFAX
soundings along the Perseverance rover traverse. Specifically, analyzed data is from the …

A probable ancient nearshore zone in southern Utopia on Mars unveiled from observations at the Zhurong landing area

B Wu, J Dong, Y Wang, W Rao, Z Sun, S Krasilnikov… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Chinese Mars rover Zhurong successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia
on Mars in May 2021. Previous research suggested a Hesperian ocean may have existed in …

Martian ground penetrating radar: Towards automated diffraction detection for dielectric permittivity

TM Casademont, H Dypvik, S Eide… - … on Geoscience and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dielectric permittivity is a crucial parameter in planetary ground penetrating radar (GPR)
missions such as the RIMFAX radar on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover. It describes the …

[HTML][HTML] Water Ice Resources on the Shallow Subsurface of Mars: Indications to Rover-Mounted Radar Observation

N Zheng, C Ding, Y Su, R Orosei - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
The planet Mars is the most probable among the terrestrial planets in our solar system to
support human settlement or colonization in the future. The detection of water ice or liquid …

Maximum Likelihood Data Fusion with Optimal Similarity Constraints for Full-Polarimetric RoPeR Imaging of Martian Regolith

H Zhou, X Feng, Z Dong, C Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Zhurong rover of the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission is equipped with a Mars rover
penetrating radar (RoPeR). The high-frequency CH-2 antenna adopts a full-polarimetric (FP) …