Mission to Mars: how space exploration pushes the human body to its limits

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

Preparation guide developed as Mars samples await transport to Earth

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...
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NASA's AI Doctor May Be The Key To Surviving A Mars Mission

In NASA's current missions, medical risks are manageable. There's the opportunity for emergency evacuations, real-time communications, and the ability to send samples to Earth. However, ...
Max Planck Society

Preparing for Mars Samples on Earth

An international team of researchers has published a report on how Mars samples should be handled from a scientific point of ...
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Can Mars’ ice confirm past life?

Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...