Exploration architecture
The Mars Surface Base
A crewed outpost on Mars, the long-term goal of human deep-space exploration. Separated from Earth by months of travel and up to twenty minutes of communication delay, a Mars base must make its own propellant, water, and oxygen from local resources and sustain its crew with little hope of rescue.
Systems, programs & concepts
Across deep-space exploration
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Moon-to-Mars Architecture
- Associated withIn-Situ Resource Utilisation
- Associated withThe Deep-Space Transit Habitat
- Associated withMars Entry, Descent & Landing
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.