-
Recent Posts
Archives
Links
general
mission instruments
- CRISM: Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
- CTX: Context Camera
- HiRISE: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
- MARSIS: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
- SHARAD: Shallow Radar
- THEMIS: Thermal Emission Imaging System
missions
- All Mars missions list
- Curiosity rover
- ExoMars
- Hope (al-Amal) orbiter
- InSight
- Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
- Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
- Mars Express (MEX)
- Mars Odyssey
- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
- Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
- Perseverance Rover
- Tianwen-1 orbiter/rover
news
Tag Archives: solar energetic particles
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
Posted in Reports
Tagged galactic cosmic rays, human exploration, ionizing radiation, solar activity, solar energetic particles, space radiation, sunspots
Comments Off
MAVEN: Large solar storm sparks global aurora, doubles radiation levels at surface
An unexpectedly strong blast from the Sun hit Mars this month, observed by NASA missions in orbit and on the surface. “NASA’s distributed set of science missions is in the right place to detect activity on the Sun and examine … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged aurora, Bradbury Rise, Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, IUVS, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, RAD, Radiation Assessment Detector, solar activity, solar energetic particles, solar flares, space radiation, ultraviolet aurora, University of Colorado
Comments Off
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
Posted in Reports
Tagged cancer, cosmic rays, galactic cosmic rays, human exploration, human spaceflight, solar coronal mass ejections, solar cosmic rays, solar energetic particles, solar flares
Comments Off
Mars mystery plumes caused by space weather?
Mysterious high-rise clouds seen appearing suddenly in the martian atmosphere on a handful of occasions may be linked to space weather, say Mars Express scientists. [The results are published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Amateur astronomers using telescopes on … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged atmosphere, clouds, ESA, European Space Agency, ionosphere, Mars Express, MEX, plume, solar activity, solar coronal mass ejections, solar energetic particles, solar flares, solar wind
Comments Off
Protecting Mars astronauts from space radiation
On Aug. 7, 1972, in the heart of the Apollo era, an enormous solar flare exploded from the sun’s atmosphere. Along with a gigantic burst of light in nearly all wavelengths, this event accelerated a wave of energetic particles. Mostly … Continue reading
MAVEN: Exploring solar wind beyond Earth
As part of its goal to explore Mars’ upper atmosphere and its interaction with the Sun and the solar wind, MAVEN is exploring propagation of the solar wind and solar energetic particles (SEPs) beyond 1 Astronomical Unit [the distance between … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged coronal mass ejections, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, MAVEN, NASA, solar energetic particles, solar wind, University of Colorado
Comments Off