Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chunlai Li, Rongqiao Zhang, Dengyun Yu, Guangliang Dong, Jianjun Liu, Yan Geng, Zezhou Sun, Wei Yan, Xin Ren, Yan Su, Wei Zuo, Tielong Zhang, Jinbin Cao, Guangyou Fang, Jianfeng Yang, Rong Shu, Yangting Lin, Yongliao Zou, Dawei Liu, Bin Liu, Deqing Kong, Xinying Zhu, Ziyuan Ouyang
Summary: This paper reviews the scientific objectives of earlier and current Mars exploration missions worldwide, introduces the objectives, payloads, and preliminary scientific investigation plan of China's first Mars exploration mission, and analyzes the expected scientific achievements.
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Vera Hagemann, Lara Watermann, Florian Klonek, Christiane Heinicke
Summary: Communication quality has a significant impact on team performance and task satisfaction in interdependent teams. Clarity of objectives and information flow positively affect multiteam system performance, while high levels of information flow reduce frustration and enhance task satisfaction.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dan Chiappe, John Vervaeke
Summary: The study examines the sense of presence experienced by scientific team members on the Martian landscape during the Mars Exploration Rover mission. It suggests that the sense of presence involves core-presence and extended-presence, with team members becoming the rover to enhance their ability to identify relevant affordances. The collective presence of the team through the rover is emphasized due to Mars exploration being a collective activity involving shared agency by a distributed cognitive system.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Zou Yongliao, Zhu Yan, Bai Yunfei, Wang Lianguo, Jia Yingzhuo, Shen Weihua, Fan Yu, Liu Yang, Wang Chi, Zhang Aibing, Yu Guobin, Dong Jihong, Shu Rong, He Zhiping, Zhang Tielong, Du Aimin, Fan Mingyi, Yang Jianfeng, Zhou Bin, Wang Yi, Peng Yongqing
Summary: The paper describes the objectives and payloads of China's first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1. The orbiter, lander, and rover are equipped with 13 scientific payloads to study Mars' magnetosphere, ionosphere, topography, subsurface ice, and climate history, aiming to advance our scientific knowledge of the planet.
ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
A. R. Jones, M. Wolff, M. Alshamsi, M. Osterloo, P. Bay, N. Brennan, K. Bryant, Z. Castleman, A. Curtin, E. DeVito, V. A. Drake, D. Ebuen, J. Espejo, J. Farren, B. Fenton, C. Fisher, M. Fisher, K. Fortier, S. Gerwig, B. Heberlein, C. Jeppesen, M. A. Khoory, S. Knappmiller, J. Knavel, K. Koski, K. Looney, P. Lujan, M. Miller, G. Newcomb, G. Otzinger, H. Passe, E. Pilinski, H. Reed, R. Shuping, P. Sicken, D. Summers, S. Wade, L. Walton, J. L. Yaptengco
Summary: The Emirates Exploration Imager (EXI) on the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) provides both regional and global imaging capabilities for studying the Martian atmosphere. By combining multiple observations within an orbit with planetary rotation, EXI can provide diurnal sampling over most of the planet on a scale of 10 days, allowing for the delineation of diurnal and seasonal behavior of atmospheric constituents. This temporal and spatial combination distinguishes EXI from other similar imaging systems.
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Michael Klicker, Andreas Zoller, Lucas Rehnberg
Summary: The Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) conducts large scale, international Mars analog missions in extreme environments with analog astronauts. The latest mission, AMADEE 20, took place in the Negev desert in Israel over a period of 6 weeks. By utilizing frameworks and lessons learned from previous missions, the OeWF aims to ensure crew safety and improve communication and teamwork across specialist teams for future missions.
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Claudio Bruno, Antonella Ingenito, Domenico Simone
Summary: A human Mars mission is more challenging than the Apollo mission due to travel time, life support requirements, and the space environment. This paper proposes a fast mission enabled by advanced nuclear propulsion and internationally shared technology. The use of nuclear propulsion reduces radiation dose and allows for a shorter round trip time. Additionally, the logistics of the mission include the use of cargo craft and the development of maneuvering cargo gliders and high L/D crewed lander vehicles.
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Diyang Shen, Yuxian Yue, Xiaohui Wang
Summary: Research shows that using modular design and multiple launches, as well as nuclear power engine technology, can significantly reduce the total mass of manned missions to Mars and thus reduce mission costs.
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Qingyu Meng, Dong Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Wei Li, Xianwei Yang, Dejie Yan, Yang Li, Zhirui Cao, Qi Ji, Tianyu Sun, Wei Yan, Kejun Wang, Xiaobo Li, Jingtao Huang, Zheng Wang, Weiguo Zhao, Yan Wang, Yunfeng He, Xianpeng Hao, Wenguang Liu, Bowei Zhang, Pengji Zhou, Yunhui Li, Haibo Zhao, Lin Lu, Hainan Guan, Dali Zhou, Fanlu Wu, Fan Zhang, Shiyu Zhu, Jihong Dong
Summary: HiRIC, as a major payload of China's first Mars exploration mission, aims to obtain detailed observation images of key areas on the Martian surface. It features high resolution, lightweight design, and excellent imaging performance. After 4 years of design and fabrication, HiRIC has been successfully assembled and tested, showing promising imaging capabilities for China's Mars exploration mission.
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Aerospace
Adrien Bouskela, Alexandre Kling, Tristan Schuler, Sergey Shkarayev, Himangshu Kalita, Jekan Thangavelautham
Summary: The preliminary design of sailplanes for Mars exploration is presented in this study. These sailplanes mitigate weight and energy storage limitations in powered flight by utilizing atmospheric wind gradients for dynamic soaring and slope/thermal updrafts for static soaring. The results show that the total sailplane energy increases by 6.8-11% at the end of a complete dynamic soaring cycle. Without a propulsion system, the sailplanes can be packaged into CubeSats and deployed as secondary payloads, providing scientific data from inaccessible locations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Michael H. Hecht, Donald Rapp, Joseph J. Hartvigsen, Jason G. SooHoo, Asad M. Aboobaker, John B. McClean, Andrew M. Liu, Eric D. Hinterman, Maya Nasr, Shravan Hariharan, Kyle J. Horn, Forrest E. Meyen, Harald Okkels, Parker Steen, Singaravelu Elangovan, Christopher R. Graves, Piyush Khopkar, Morten B. Madsen, Gerald E. Voecks, Peter H. Smith, Theis L. Skafte, Koorosh R. Araghi, David J. Eisenman
Summary: MOXIE is a demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on Mars, producing oxygen through solid oxide electrolysis. A scaled-up MOXIE could provide the necessary oxygen for transporting astronauts off the Martian surface. MOXIE has produced oxygen seven times and will continue to demonstrate oxygen production throughout all Martian seasons.
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
H. E. S. Amiri, D. Brain, O. Sharaf, P. Withnell, M. McGrath, M. Alloghani, M. Al Awadhi, S. Al Dhafri, O. Al Hamadi, H. Al Matroushi, Z. Al Shamsi, O. Al Shehhi, M. Chaffin, J. Deighan, C. Edwards, N. Ferrington, B. Harter, G. Holsclaw, M. Kelly, D. Kubitschek, B. Landin, R. Lillis, M. Packard, J. Parker, E. Pilinski, B. Pramman, H. Reed, S. Ryan, C. Sanders, M. Smith, C. Tomso, R. Wrigley, H. Al Mazmi, N. Al Mheiri, M. Al Shamsi, E. Al Tunaiji, K. Badri, P. Christensen, S. England, M. Fillingim, F. Forget, S. Jain, B. M. Jakosky, A. Jones, F. Lootah, J. G. Luhmann, M. Osterloo, M. Wolff, M. Yousuf
Summary: The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) is the first interplanetary spacecraft mission undertaken by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It aims to gather scientifically useful information about Mars through global remote sensing measurements. The mission faced tight schedule and cost constraints, but a team of Emirati and American engineers successfully developed and launched a fully functional spacecraft. EMM is being operated from the UAE and the United States (U.S.), and its data will be freely available.
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Jianwei Xu, Xiang Yu, Jianzhong Qiao
Summary: This paper proposes a hybrid anti-disturbance composite control scheme, employing a hybrid disturbance observer and H∞ technique to address external disturbances and actuator discrete dynamics, ensuring precise execution of the entire hybrid system, with stability analysis of the continuous-discrete control system.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN CYBERNETICS-SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jeffrey R. Johnson, William M. Grundy, Mark T. Lemmon, W. Liang, James F. Bell, A. G. Hayes, R. G. Deen
Summary: The study examined the scattering and microphysical nature of rock and soil units at two Mars sites using data collected by the Panoramic Camera (Pancam) of Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. Different surface behaviors were observed in gray rock units, soils, and red rocks coated with dust, with indications of rough, low-porosity surfaces and uniform grain size distributions. Dust deposits showed elevated values possibly indicative of hydration, suggesting surface scattering plays a major role in controlling the peak phase angle position.
Article
Remote Sensing
Minglei Li, Xin Zou, Wei Rao, Ying Li, Chengzhi Han, Ning Li, Youqing Ma, Shuo Zhang, Shaochuang Liu
Summary: This paper presents an overview of the visual measurement system for the parachute in the Tianwen-1 exploration mission. The system captures stereo images using two monitoring cameras during parachute deployment and reconstructs the morphological and motion parameters through image-based feature tracking and 3D reconstruction methods. The system has been successfully applied to onboard images and is important for post-flight performance assessment and regression analysis in structural design.
REMOTE SENSING LETTERS
(2022)
