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Tag Archives: human exploration
Aerogel greenhouses for Mars habitats?
Raising crops on Mars is far easier in science fiction than it will be in real life: The Red Planet is an inhospitable world. Among other challenges, subzero temperatures mean water can persist on the surface only as ice, and … Continue reading
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Tagged aerogel, habitability, habitat construction, human exploration
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Mars 2020 rover to blaze trail for humans
When a female astronaut first sets foot on the Moon in 2024, the historic moment will represent a step toward another NASA first: eventually putting humans on Mars. NASA’s latest robotic mission to the Red Planet, Mars 2020, aims to … Continue reading
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Tagged Crazy Engineering, human exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jezero Crater, JPL, M2020, Mark Watney, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, MOXIE, NASA, The Martian
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How should astronauts search for life on Mars?
An international team of researchers, which includes scientists from McMaster’s School of Geography & Earth Sciences, NASA, and others, is tackling one of the biggest problems of space travel to Mars: what happens when we get there? A series of … Continue reading
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Tagged BASALT program, Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains, Canadian Space Agency, CSA, human exploration, life, microbial life, NASA, organic biomarkers
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Space radiation increasing, becoming more hazardous for human explorers
As future missions look to travel back to the Moon or even to Mars, new research in Space Weather cautions that the exposure to radiation is much higher than previously thought and could have serious implications on both astronauts and … Continue reading
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Tagged galactic cosmic rays, human exploration, ionizing radiation, solar activity, solar energetic particles, space radiation, sunspots
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HiRISE: A candidate human exploration zone of Maja Valles entry into Chryse Planitia
A candidate human exploration zone of Maja Valles entry into Chryse Planitia. Evidence of clays could provide potential resource to be used. There is also ample evidence of aqueous processes that could be enhanced by direct observation of the mineralogy … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Chryse Planitia, clay minerals, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, human exploration, Human Exploration Zones, landing sites, Maja Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Eastern rim of Bopolu Crater
The eastern rim of Bopolu Crater. This observation will be used to better characterize Meridiani Planum (where this crater is located) as a possible zone for human exploration. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Bopolu Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, human exploration, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Meridiani Planum, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Collateral damage from cosmic rays increases cancer risk for Mars astronauts
The cancer risk for a human mission to Mars has effectively doubled following a University of Nevada Las Vegas study predicting a dramatic increase in the disease for astronauts traveling to the red planet or on long-term missions outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, cosmic rays, galactic cosmic rays, human exploration, human spaceflight, solar coronal mass ejections, solar cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, solar flares
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