Layered subsurface in Utopia Basin of Mars revealed by Zhurong rover radar

C Li, Y Zheng, X Wang, J Zhang, Y Wang, L Chen… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Exploring the subsurface structure and stratification of Mars advances our understanding of
Martian geology, hydrological evolution and palaeoclimatic changes, and has been a main …

To boldly go where no one has gone before: Sulfur concrete, a promising construction material fulfilling the demands for a sustainable future on celestial objects: A …

Q Wang, D Snoeck - Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
The need to build a long-term or even permanent base is now a significant concern with the
development of the exploration of extraterrestrial celestial bodies. Sulfur concrete was first …

Squeezing data from a rock: Machine learning for martian science

TP Nagle-McNaughton, LA Scuderi, N Erickson - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Data analysis methods have scarcely kept pace with the rapid increase in Earth
observations, spurring the development of novel algorithms, storage methods, and …

Discrimination between dry and water ices by full polarimetric radar: Implications for China's first martian exploration

H Liu, J Li, X Meng, B Zhou, G Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
China's first Mars rover named “Zhurong” has begun its exploration at the surface of the
Utopian Plain in the Martian northern hemisphere on May 22, 2021. Mars rover penetrating …

A large new crater exposes the limits of water ice on Mars

CM Dundas, MT Mellon, LV Posiolova… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Water ice in the Martian mid‐latitudes has advanced and retreated in response to variations
in the planet's orbit, obliquity, and climate. A 150 m‐diameter new impact crater near 35° N …

[HTML][HTML] Science results from sixteen years of MRO SHARAD operations

NE Putzig, R Seu, GA Morgan, IB Smith, BA Campbell… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
In operation for> 16 years to date, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Shallow Radar
(SHARAD) sounder has acquired data at its nominal 300–450 m along-track and 3-km cross …

Mars: new insights and unresolved questions

HG Changela, E Chatzitheodoridis… - International Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Mars exploration motivates the search for extraterrestrial life, the development of space
technologies, and the design of human missions and habitations. Here, we seek new …

The history of ground ice at Jezero Crater Mars and other past, present, and future landing sites

MT Mellon, HG Sizemore - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
Shallow subsurface water ice on Mars is currently stable poleward of about 45° latitude and
unstable in the equatorial regions. Past climate cycles driven by orbital oscillations are …

A reappraisal of subtropical subsurface water ice stability on Mars

L Lange, F Forget, M Vincendon… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Massive reservoirs of subsurface water ice in equilibrium with atmospheric water vapor are
found poleward of 45° latitude on Mars. The absence of CO2 frost on steep pole‐facing …

Geomorphologic exploration targets at the Zhurong landing site in the southern Utopia Planitia of Mars

B Ye, Y Qian, L **ao, JR Michalski, Y Li, B Wu… - Earth and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract On May 15, 2021, Tianwen-1's rover Zhurong landed successfully at 109.926° E,
25.066° N, in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars. The Zhurong landing site contains a wide …