Establishing the first human presence on Mars will be the most technically challenging
undertaking yet in the exploration beyond our planet. The remoteness of Mars from Earth …

Bioregenerative life support systems (BLSS) are conceived of and developed so as to
provide food sources for crewed missions to the Moon or Mars. The in situ resource …

As human space exploration extends farther from Earth, the cost and risk of resupplying a
mission increases substantially. In situ resource utilization (ISRU) is the prospecting …

The in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU), in terms of native rocky materials and astronaut
wastes, is crucial in contests of soil-based space-farming. Nevertheless, extra-terrestrial …

The possibility of life elsewhere in the universe has fascinated humankind for ages. To the
best of our knowledge, life, as we know it, is limited to planet Earth; yet current investigation …

The investigation of lunar soil encompasses extensive periods, employs many improvement
methods, and has generated several simulants. The improvement of lunar soil has recently …

In this perspectives paper, we identify major challenges for space crop production: altered
convection in the microgravity environment, scheduling and logistics, crew time and the …

Along with the rapid development of space technology, extraterrestrial exploration has
gradually tended to further-distanced and longer-termed planet exploration. As the first step …

The domestication of agriculture is widely recognized as one of the most crucial
technological adaptations for the transition of humanity from hunter-and-gatherer groups into …

Due to increasing population growth and declining arable land on Earth, astroagriculture will
be vital to terraform Martian regolith for settlement. Nodulating plants and their N-fixing …