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3A

session 3A

Title: Mars Exploration – missions current and future
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 current results from ongoing Mars missions and the designs for proposed Mars missions.
Date: 2026-10-07
Time: 10:15
Room: E3

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, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	KEYNOTE: Exomars Rosalind Franklin Mission: Development & Verification of the Martian Lander	20	confirmed	Mr. Stefano Voglino	Thales Alenia Space Italia	Italy
2	10:35	Earth2Mars: Interface Standardization to Enable Frequent Lower Cost Mars Missions on a Collaborative International Tug	20	confirmed	Dr. Michael G. Fifield	Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology	United States
3	10:55	A Multi‑Stage Mission Architecture for Japan’s First Mars Landing: Concept, Technologies, and 2030 Trajectory Design	14	confirmed	Ms. Chikako Hirose	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
4	11:09	The Concept of Generic Bacon Plots for Rapid Evaluation of Low-Thrust Missions to Mars	14	confirmed	Dr. Yuto Takei	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
5	11:23	PHAROS-M: A Service-Oriented Mars On-Orbit Servicing Node for Refuelling, Relocation and Maintenance	14	confirmed	Mr. Ludovico Bernasconi	Politecnico di Milano	Italy
6	11:37	Mars Science Scope Prior to the Arrival of Humans, an International Study	14	confirmed	Ms. Lisa May		United States
7	11:51	Geomorphic Evolution of Vedra Vallis, Mars	14		Mrs. Deniz Yazıcı	Istanbul Technical University	Türkiye
8	12:05	Optimal control solution for interplanetary transfer orbits optimization in high thrust, high specific impulse missions.	14	confirmed	Mr. Filippo de Martino	Politecnico di Torino	Italy
9	12:19	Sustainable Mobility in Valles Marineris: System Integration of ISRU-based Propulsion for a Mars Hopper	14	confirmed	Mr. Fabian Riegelsberger	Technical University of Munich (TUM)	Germany
10	12:33	High-Resolution Mapping of the Martian Surface: A Photonic AESA Radar System	14	confirmed	Ms. Semiha KÖROGLU	Düzce University	Türkiye