session 3B

Title: Mars Exploration – Science, Instruments and Technologies
type: oral
Description: The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover science, instruments and technologies for Mars missions including expected experiments. Papers on any aspects of the search for evidence or extinct Martian life, and forward and backward contamination are particularly welcome.
Date: 2025-10-01
Time: 15:00
Room: Room C4.5

IPC members

Co-Chair: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;
Co-Chair: Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;
Rapporteur: Ms. Cheryl L.B. Reed, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;
Rapporteur: Ms. Lisa May, Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:00	Mineralogical variations of deposits in the Utopia Planita region of Mars measured by CRISM: Insights into past water activity and permafrost dynamics	13		Ms. Ekaterina Faber	Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics of National Research University Higher School of Economics (MIEM NRU HSE)	Russian Federation
2	15:13	Ice-exposing impact Craters and properties of the subsurface ice on Mars	13		Ms. Namishka Mendonca	Curtin University	Australia
3	15:26	MicroLIBS: development of a miniaturized LIBS for Mars exploration	13		Mr. Charles Yana	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)	France
4	15:39	Control, Monitoring and Operation Software of a Miniaturized Lidar for Mars Atmospheric Research	13		Mr. Juan Samblas Iglesias	Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA)	Spain
5	15:52	Evaluation of numerical integration techniques in orbit propagation for a Martian gravity field satellite mission	13		Mr. Marvin Bredlau	DLR (German Aerospace Center)	Germany
6	16:05	Multi-Information Assisted Optical Navigation Method for Mars Aerobraking	13		Mr. Xujin Leng	Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT)	China
7	16:18	Exploring Transient Phenomena in the Martian Atmosphere	13		Mr. Lennart Neuhaus	Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg	Germany
8	16:31	Producing high-resolution martian surface temperature maps using VIR – TIR relationships	13		Mr. Michael Frazer	Curtin University	Australia
9	16:44	Electromagnetic Noise Associated with the Dynamics of Charged Dust Particles in Martian Plasma-Dust Environments: Implications for Science and Instrumentation	13		Dr. Mohamad Abdelaal	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)	Russian Federation
10	16:57	Canadarm4 : A First Concept Study of the Next-Generation Robotic Manipulator System for Human Mars Exploration	13	confirmed	Mr. Yianni Hudon-Castillo	Polytechnique Montreal	Canada
11	17:10	AI-Driven Autonomy and Robotics for Enhancing Mars Exploration Efficiency and Sustainability	13		Ms. Sreemedha Ankam		India
*		Exogeoconservation of Mars	13	confirmed	Ms. Clare Fletcher	University of New South Wales	Australia
*		Subsurface scanning of Mars with muography	13		Prof.Dr. Alan Duffy	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia

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