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The Caves of Mars Project was an early 2000s program funded through Phase II [clarification needed] by the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts [1][2] to assess the best place to situate the research and habitation modules that a human mission to Mars would require. [3] The final report was published in mid 2004.
Gravity on Mars is about 38% that of Earth, [8] allowing Martian lava tubes to be much larger in comparison. [9] Lava tubes represent prime locations for direct observation of pristine bedrock where keys to the geological, paleohydrological, and possible biological history of Mars could be found.
Valles Marineris (/ ˈvælɪs mærɪˈnɛərɪs /; [1] Latin for Mariner Valleys, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971–72 which discovered it) is a system of canyons that runs along the Martian surface east of the Tharsis region. [2] At more than 4,000 km (2,500 mi) long, 200 km (120 mi) wide and up to 7 km (23,000 ft) deep, [3][4 ...
Ever since scientists have had an orbiter's view of Mars, they've observed intriguing black spots on the surface so dark no one knows what's inside them. They're thought to be the mouths of deep ...
Mines on Earth give access to deep subsurface environments which turn out to be inhabited, and deep caves may possibly exist on Mars, although without the benefits of an atmosphere. Basaltic lava tubes. The only caves found so far on Mars are lava tubes. These are insulated to some extent from surface conditions and may retain ice also when ...
Hellas Planitia / ˈhɛləs pləˈnɪʃiə / is a plain located within the huge, roughly circular impact basin Hellas[a] located in the southern hemisphere of the planet Mars. [3] Hellas is the third- or fourth-largest known impact crater in the Solar System. The basin floor is about 7,152 m (23,465 ft) deep, 3,000 m (9,800 ft) deeper than the ...
The Mars Global Cave Candidate Catalog (MGC3) provides latitude and longitude coordinates, feature type, priority (confidence) rating, and a brief comment about each candidate. Types of cave entrances identified in the catalog include lava tube skylights, deep fractures, Atypical Pit Craters (APCs), and other void spaces in karst-similar terrains.
Another infamous space related accident is the Apollo 1 incident, when a pure oxygen atmosphere ignited in the interior of space capsule during tests on the ground, three died. [36] A 1997 study of about 280 space travelers between 1988 and 1995, found that only 3 did not have some sort of medical issue on their spaceflight. [37]