01 October 2019
Life on Mars: what to know before we go
... Mars book, the author gets down to the science of “Chlorophyll, Lichens and Algae”, Mars meteorites and methane. On methane, which “packs a very powerful astrobiological punch”, he explains that almost none should exist “without being actively...
December 2014
India joins the major league with the Mars Orbiter Mission
... Lyman Alpha Photometer – studying the escape process of the Martian upper atmosphere. (2) Methane Sensor For Mars – focusing on detecting the presence of methane. (3) The Mars Exospheric Neutral Composition Analyser (MENCA) – analysing the neutral...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
...TROPOMI will measure total atmospheric column concentrations of methane, the second most potent man-made greenhouse...mask of optically thin clouds to improve the retrieval of the methane product from TROPOMI. In December 2011, ESA selected Airbus ...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...ice, minerals and volatiles, including nitrogen, CO2, ammonia, methane and sulphur dioxide. A miniaturised lab known as ProSPA will...temperature, between 200-400 degrees C. With this system, methane fuel can be created to serve supply ships, together ...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... vented overboard to be processed with hydrogen from the oxygen generation unit to produce water and methane. The water is recycled and the methane is vented overboard. With this process in place, nearly 50 percent of that oxygen is now being...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... that it is composed largely of frozen volatiles, such as methane, ammonia and water. What we see today is the remnant...showed that it is composed largely of frozen volatiles, such as methane, ammonia and water. KBOs like Ultima Thule are the building ...
