Life support on the International Space Station is made possible by a combination of technologies to ensure the availability of clean water and air for the crew. Resources, including water and oxygen, are partially recovered ...

The Mars Helicopter is a technology demonstration concept for a Mars surface mission. The primary mission objective is to achieve several 90-second flights and capture visible light images via forward and nadir mounted ...

For the 2018 NASA eXploration Systems and Habitation (X-HAB) Academic Innovation Challenge, the Michigan Bioastronautics and Life Support Systems (BLiSS) team developed the Argo concept, a dual purpose habitat architecture ...

The goal of this research is to develop a systematic approach to understand corrosion of spacecraft materials on Mars by conducting a literature search of available data relevant to corrosion in the Mars environment and ...

Dust storms on Mars are the effect of strong and extended dust lifting by near-surface winds, and the behavior of dust clouds aloft both depends on and impacts the atmospheric circulation. The dust particles can represent ...

Particulate filtration is a key step in ensuring successful operation of many air flow systems. Spacecraft Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) are no exception. Particulate filters are integral to the ...

A two-stage dust filtration system is presented for Mars in situ resource utilization (ISRU) gas processing systems consisting of a cyclone pre-filter and an electrostatic precipitator (ESP). An inertial cyclone pre-filter ...

Although NASA has no official plans at this time for a mission to return samples from Mars, the Program Formulation Office of the Mars Exploration Program sponsors ongoing mission concept studies, systems analyses, and ...

The paper presents the results of a study performed during the Project Work by students of the 7th edition of the International Master Course in SpacE Exploration and Development Systems (SEEDS), born from a collaboration ...

The extreme thermal environment on Mars asks for an effective thermal insulation to keep equipment within allowable temperature limits and to limit power consumption. Furthermore the thermal insulation should be light ...