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Corte Vargas, Fernando (author), Géczi, Márton (author), Heidweiller, Siri (author), Kempers, Marcel (author), Klootwijk, Bart (author), van Marion, Francesca (author), Mordasov, Dmitrij (author), Ouroumova, Lora (author), Terwindt, Esmée (author), Witte, Daan (author)The human eye has turned itself back to the sky with the commercialisation of the space industry, and a new goal has been set. Setting foot on the Red Planet is the next stage of the human exploration of the universe. The travel to Mars is very lengthy and costly, nonetheless the planet still shows great potential for sustaining human life. To...bachelor thesis 2020
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Aggarwal, Kapish (author)Mars is expected to become a focal point of exploration (human and robotic) in the near future. Extensive operations and continued human presence on the planet would require a robust space infrastructure. Be it navigation satellite constellations or scientific missions in low Mars orbits (LMO) and Areosynchronous orbits (ASO), every satellite...master thesis 2020
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Wheeler, Lanleigh (author)Human exploration on Mars is nearing actualisation and the space industry is therefore in need of vehicles with the capability of transporting goods and exploring the surrounding area. Current Mars rovers by NASA, such as the Curiosity, provide excellent researching capabilities from a remote location. <br/><br/>However, these land based drones...master thesis 2020
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Du, Shuoran (author), Hamdi, M. (author), Sue, Hung Jue (author)Mar is a type of subtle surface damage caused by a sliding object barely visible to human eyes. This minor damage phenomenon has rarely been systematically studied. Significant research efforts for the fundamental understanding of mar behavior in polymers are still needed. In this study, the mar behavior of a series of model amorphous...journal article 2020
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Patole, Palash (author)For a human Mars exploration mission, it is required to minimize the time-of-flight of the interplanetary trajectories to mitigate the adverse effects of the radiation environment and prolonged weightlessness conditions on the health of the crew. Moreover, having a fail-safe provision to return the crew back to Earth in case of a mission abort...master thesis 2020
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Hadžisejdić, Nino (author)Martian mesospheric CO2 ice clouds are formed out of the main constituent of the Martian atmosphere: CO2 gas. The nature of these clouds is poorly understood, characterization of these clouds in terms of particle morphology would give valuable insight into the Martian climate. So far, these CO2 clouds have only been detected from space. In this...master thesis 2020
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Mazouz, Rayan (author)Autonomously landing a spacecraft on the surface of a planetary body with a degree of precision in the order of meters is highly challenging. Over the course of time, the landing ellipse, defined as the region with a 99% likelihood of where a space vehicle will land, has improved steadily but currently still has dimensions in the order of...master thesis 2019
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Mintus, Agata (author)The research is focused on investigating regolith as a building material, while implementing the sustainable approach in terms of energy efficiency and material usage, during production process and construction. The context is located within the first manned missions to Mars, and the requirements, towards testing methods allowing for...master thesis 2019
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Gutierrez Ahumada, Jose Angel (author)Ballistic capture is a relatively novel concept in interplanetary mission design with the potential to make Mars and other targets in the Solar System more accessible. A complete end-to-end interplanetary mission from an Earth-bound orbit to a stable science orbit around Mars (in this case, an areostationary orbit) has been conducted using this...master thesis 2019
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Bernal Mencia, Pablo (author)In the framework of JAXA's MMX mission to explore the Martian moon of Phobos, an analysis of the stability of three-dimensional quasi-satellite orbits in the Mars-Phobos circular restricted three-body problem was conducted. For this analysis, notions of co-orbital motion, interpreted as the slow motion of the guiding center of the trajectory...master thesis 2018
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De Backer, Lisa (author)The 26th of November 2018, NASA's InSight mission successfully landed on Mars. InSight has a seismometer on board with as main science goal to determine the current level of seismic activity and the impact rate of meteorites on Mars. To process the incoming data of InSight as fast and efficient as possible, a-priori models of seismicity on Mars...master thesis 2018
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Noeker, Matthias (author)In recent years, private entities have joined the race to send humans to the Red Planet. While Mars is well defined as the next frontier for human space flight, little work has been done towards identifying possible settlement sites on its surface. The current site proposals use a bottom-up approach, that is focusing on one settlement site and...master thesis 2018
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van Ellen, Layla (author)Currently the possibilities of sending humans to Mars are being developed. This ambitious and exciting goal demands a broad range of new technologies, innovations and a fresh view on current challenges we are facing on Earth. This also applies to the field of Architectural and Building Technology. <br/><br/>To start with, the need for building a...master thesis 2018
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Cruz Chambel de Aguiar, Gonçalo (author)The phenomenon by which a spacecraft can both approach a celestial body and start performing revolutions around it, without needing to manoeuvre in between, is known as ballistic capture. For ballistic capture to take place, the spacecraft must be under the gravitational influence of at least 2 celestial bodies. Therefore, it is possible to...master thesis 2017
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van der Werf, Carlijn (author)Humans are going to Mars and the plan is to achieve this within the next couple of decades. In mission architectures the habitat is considered a sub-system in the overall mission’s system architecture. In current mission engineering, the crew’s psychology is barely considered in the design of the mission. In aerospace engineering, one refers to...master thesis 2017
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Ögüt, Mert (author)Throughout the time humans have always looked up to starry skies and wondered about travelling to the stars. With the current developments in the aerospace field, travelling to neighboring planets have never been more possible. On the top of the agendas of numerous organizations today is the exploration of the Red Planet. However, there are many...master thesis 2017
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Hartog, Niels (author), Stuyfzand, Pieter Jan (author)Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is a promising method of increasing water availability in water stressed areas by subsurface infiltration and storage, to overcome periods of drought, and to stabilize or even reverse salinization of coastal aquifers. Moreover, MAR could be a key technique in making alternative water resources available, such as...journal article 2017
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Galletti, Elena (author)The increasing interest in solar electric propulsion techniques, that enable significant propellant mass savings for a wide class of transfers, has brought about a revolution in the approach to trajectory design and optimization, as a result of the complexity and diversity of the problem. To date, solutions of different nature exist, but...master thesis 2017
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Maceira Elvira, P. (author)After stroke, functional recovery may be promoted during the first six months through rehabilitation. Several events are thought to lead to regaining lost functions, among which the remapping of affected limbs to other regions of the cortex is a frequent occurrence. High spatial resolution brain imaging techniques, like magnetic resonance...master thesis 2017
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