The thin air of Mars has long been treated as a problem to be solved, a hostile mix of carbon dioxide and dust that stands ...

Key market opportunities in the Mars entry, descent, and landing (EDL) system include crewed Mars landing systems, precision ...

A new study revealed that atmospheric gravity waves play a crucial role in driving latitudinal air currents on Mars, particularly at high altitudes. The findings, based on long-term atmospheric data, ...

Mars entry vehicle aerothermodynamics encapsulates the study of fluid dynamic and thermal phenomena encountered when a spacecraft penetrates the thin, predominantly CO₂ atmosphere of Mars. This field ...

Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere. “These currents ...