Subsurface water detection on Mars by astronauts using a seismic refraction method: Tests during a manned Mars mission simulation

• Published in: Acta Astronautica
• Main Authors: Pletser, Vladimir, Lognonné, Philippe, Diament, Michel, Dehant, Véronique
• Other Authors: European Space Agcy, Estec, Human Space Flight Directorate, Dept Operat Res, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Royal Observatory of Belgium = Observatoire Royal de Belgique (ROB)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: Mars; Interior; Geophysics; Experimental techniques; [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Devon Island
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-02614221; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.07.005

International audience The Mars Society has established a Mars Arctic Research Station (MARS) on Devon Island, North of Canada, on the edge of the Haughton crater. The site was selected for its similarities with the surface of the Mars planet. Since 2001, The MARS Flashline Research Station supports...