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Humans are embarking on a new era of space exploration with the plan of sending crewed spacecraft to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Extravehicular activities (EVAs) will be an essential part of the scientific activities to be carried out in these missions, and they will involve e ...

Mining moon & mars with microbes

Biological approaches to extract iron from Lunar and Martian regolith

The logistical supply of terrestrial materials to space is costly and puts limitations on exploration mission scenarios. In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) can alleviate logistical requirements and thus enables sustainable exploration of space. In this paper, a novel approach ...

Transporting materials from Earth to Mars is a significant logistical constraint on mission design. Thus, a sustained settlement will be enhanced if it can perform elemental extraction and utilization in situ. In this study, all requirements to test a novel, biological approac ...

C.R.O.P.® demonstrator for human space exploration

Experiment analysis and system model development

Bioregenerative life support systems offer the advantage of simultaneously revitalizing air by fixing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, purifying waste water, and generating human edible consumables by e.g. growing plants. The C.R.O.P.® (Combined Regenerative Organic food Prod ...

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Humans are embarking on a new era of space exploration with the plan of sending crewed spacecraft beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO), to the Moon, Mars and beyond. NASA is committed to land astronauts on the lunar surface by the year 2024. The goal of NASA's lunar exploration program - ...