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 …

[HTML][HTML] Review of space resources processing for Mars missions: Martian simulants, regolith bonding concepts and additive manufacturing

D Karl, KM Cannon, A Gurlo - Open Ceramics, 2022 - Elsevier
Scientific exploration of extraterrestrial planets has gripped human imagination since the
advent of space travel. Human missions to Mars could produce insight into the essential …

[HTML][HTML] Mineralogy of an ancient lacustrine mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars

EB Rampe, DW Ming, DF Blake, TF Bristow… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has been traversing strata at the base
of Aeolis Mons (informally known as Mount Sharp) since September 2014. The Murray …

Samples collected from the floor of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover

JI Simon, K Hickman‐Lewis, BA Cohen… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The first samples collected by the Mars 2020 mission represent units exposed on the Jezero
Crater floor, from the potentially oldest Séítah formation outcrops to the potentially youngest …

Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars

JA Hurowitz, JP Grotzinger, WW Fischer… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The primary goal of NASA's Curiosity rover mission is to explore and
quantitatively assess a local region on Mars' surface as a potential habitat for past or present …

[图书][B] Arid and semi-arid geomorphology

AS Goudie - 2013 - books.google.com
Based on four decades of research by Professor Andrew Goudie, this volume provides a
state-of-the-art synthesis of our understanding of desert geomorphology. It presents a truly …

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return: International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST)

DW Beaty, MM Grady, HY McSween… - … & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …

A new terrestrial analogue site for Mars research: the Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau (NW China)

L Xiao, J Wang, Y Dang, Z Cheng, T Huang, J Zhao… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Remote sensing observations and rover missions have documented the presence of playas,
salts, and wind erosion landforms of lacustrine sediments on Mars. All of these observations …

Earth as a tool for astrobiology—a European perspective

Z Martins, H Cottin, JM Kotler, N Carrasco… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
Scientists use the Earth as a tool for astrobiology by analyzing planetary field analogues (ie
terrestrial samples and field sites that resemble planetary bodies in our Solar System). In …

Halophilic archaea on Earth and in space: growth and survival under extreme conditions

A Oren - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Salts are abundant on Mars, and any liquid water that is present or may have been present
on the planet is expected to be hypersaline. Halophilic archaea (family Halobacteriaceae) …