Mars - Exploration Science https://explorationscience.esa.int/destination/mars/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:57:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://explorationscience.esa.int/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ESA-favicon.png Mars - Exploration Science https://explorationscience.esa.int/destination/mars/ 32 32 Call for Inter-Disciplinary Scientists and Guest Investigators for TGO https://explorationscience.esa.int/research-opportunities/call-for-inter-disciplinary-scientists-and-guest-investigators-for-tgo/ Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:57:18 +0000 https://explorationscience.esa.int/?post_type=opportunity&p=2493 The post Call for Inter-Disciplinary Scientists and Guest Investigators for TGO appeared first on Exploration Science.

]]> ExoMars https://explorationscience.esa.int/project/exomars/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:52:38 +0000 https://explorationscience.esa.int/?post_type=project&p=2321 The primary goal of the ExoMars programme is to address the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars. This relates to its name, with the ‘exo’ referring to the study of exobiology – the possible existence of life beyond Earth (sometimes also referred to as astrobiology). The programme comprises two missions: The first […]

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]]> Forthcoming Announcement of Opportunity for LightShip-1X https://explorationscience.esa.int/forthcoming-announcement-of-opportunity-for-lightship-1x/ Tue, 06 May 2025 12:24:29 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?p=1807 The European Space Agency (ESA) Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) intends to release an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for science Payloads of Opportunity on board of the LightShip-1 spacecraft. It is currently planned to release the AO at the end of April 2025. Background The purpose of this pre-announcement is to inform the […]

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]]> Announcement of Opportunity for LightShip and SpotLight Science Payloads of Opportunity Released https://explorationscience.esa.int/forthcoming-announcement-of-opportunity-for-lightship-1/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:32:52 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?p=1701 ESA’s Directorate of Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) solicits proposals for thepreliminary selection of Payloads of Opportunity for the LightShip and SpotLight spacecraft. Links to AOs Deadline for submission of the full proposal: 30 June 2025 at 13:00 CEST  Deadline for mandatory Letters of Intent: 13 May 2025 at 13:00 CEST There is a briefing / […]

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]]> CORA Topical Teams https://explorationscience.esa.int/research-opportunities/cora-topical-teams/ Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:36:09 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?post_type=opportunity&p=1667 Through this Continuously Open Research Announcement Opportunity for GBF, ESA provides scientists the opportunity to set up dedicated Topical Teams.

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]]> ESA Exploration Science Workshop https://explorationscience.esa.int/event/esa-exploration-science-workshop/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:51:32 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?post_type=event&p=1418 More info here.

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]]> Space Omics https://explorationscience.esa.int/topical-teams/space-omics/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:54:44 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?post_type=topical_teams&p=485 NASA has established the world leading space biology facility for generating, processing, and storing –omic datasets for space biology. This facility is called GeneLab. The purposes of this Topical Team are to support ESA member state scientists participating in GeneLab and to study and implement future GeneLab based activities for ESA member state scientists. Examples […]

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]]> Potential of Insects as Nutritional Food in Spaceflight https://explorationscience.esa.int/topical-teams/potential-of-insects-as-nutritional-food-in-spaceflight/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:47:51 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?post_type=topical_teams&p=482 This Topical Team will examine current scientific evidence on the potential for rearing insects in space for consumption by astronauts and settlers, and evaluate:

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]]> Pharmacological Countermeasures https://explorationscience.esa.int/topical-teams/pharmacological-countermeasures/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:45:50 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?post_type=topical_teams&p=480 Despite decades of human space missions, there are known unknowns regarding pharmacological countermeasures (PCMs) that have not yet been satisfactorily resolved, many of which are centred on the potential effects of spaceflight-altered physiology on the handling and action of administered medications. This is also a key point of crosslinking with most of the other disciplines. […]

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]]> Personalised Medicine Approaches to Space Exploration https://explorationscience.esa.int/topical-teams/personalised-medicine-approaches-to-space-exploration/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:43:12 +0000 https://scispace.esa.int/?post_type=topical_teams&p=479 Each astronaut is unique and predisposition to physiological changes during spaceflight and response to medicines, both efficacy and toxicity, are dependent on a combination of factors including environment and genetics. Personalised medicine aims to move away from a ‘one-size fits all’ approach to one which uses innovative approaches, such as –omics technologies, to be able […]

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