High-Precision Heading Determination Based on the Sun for Mars Rover by Yinhu Zhan, Shaojie Chen, Donghan He

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Subsurface Thermal Modeling of Oxia Planum, Landing Site of ExoMars 2022 by M. Formisano, M. C. De Sanctis, C. Federico, G. Magni, F. Altieri, E. Ammannito, S. De Angelis, M. Ferrari, A. Frigeri

“…A drilling system is installed on the ExoMars rover, and it will be able to analyze down to 2 meters in the subsurface of Mars. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach for the Autonomous Identification of Hardness in Extraterrestrial Rocks from Digital Images by Shuyun Liu, Haifeng Zhao, Zihao Yuan, Liping Xiao, Chengcheng Shen, Xue Wan, Xuhai Tang, Lu Zhang

“…The model is used to predict the hardness distribution of extraterrestrial rocks using images from the Tianwen-1 Mars Rover Navigation and Terrain Camera (NaTeCam) and a simulated lunar rock dataset from an open-source website. …”
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EXPANDING NASA FUNCTIONALITY USING ITS API AND IMPROVING INTEREST AMONG PEOPLE IN SPACE EXPLORATION by Y. V. Popov, K. O. Kirei

“…The website’s primary features include storing photographs taken by Mars rovers, real-time monitoring of Martian weather conditions, access to NASA’s “Picture of the Day,” and displaying a 3D model of the Curiosity rover along with its current position. …”
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