How fleets of cooperative robots could prepare habitats, mine resources, and scout terrain before crewed missions. The surface of Mars presents an unforgiving challenge to human explorers: toxic dust, extreme…
With humanity venturing deeper into space, understanding how to maintain healthy sleep patterns for astronauts becomes crucial. The unique environment of space, with its altered light cycles and microgravity conditions,…
When a Tiny Plant Survived What Should Have Killed It In the unforgiving vacuum of space, where temperatures plummet to -320°F and cosmic radiation bombards everything in its path, life…
When we imagine a human settlement on Mars, one of the biggest challenges is not food, water, or even air—it’s energy. Without a reliable power source, life-support systems, habitats, and…
Material production in microgravity is shifting from a purely research-driven activity to an emerging segment of the space economy. This article explores so-called orbital micro-factories—compact, automated units capable of manufacturing…
Exploring Generative Mission Planning By- Fernando Armando Cavele Introduction Space exploration has always been a field of high complexity, requiring decisions that span from trajectory design to payload allocation, environmental…
Mars has long captured humanity’s imagination as a destination for future exploration and colonization. Yet, one of the most formidable challenges we face in settling the Red Planet is its…
Exploring Responsibility, Autonomy, and Human-AI Relations Beyond Earth We are at the stand on the threshold of long-duration human missions to Mars and beyond and the integration of Artificial…
By Jéssica José Xavier Martian atmospheric dust presents significant challenges for human exploration and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) systems due to its fine particulate nature and low atmospheric pressure. This…
In the quest to design sustainable habitats for the Moon and Mars, Earth’s most extreme environments have become unlikely but essential allies. From the frozen isolation of Antarctica to the…