Aletheia- Search of Truth

5th Annual Mission to Mars Engineering Design Competition hosted by The Mars Society https://education.marssociety.org

Overview

Aletheia is a collaborative Mars mission concept developed for the Mars Society’s International Mission to Mars Design Competition. The project was completed by a team working remotely across the United States, integrating engineering, science, and human operations into one unified mission architecture.

My Contribution

I led the development of the mission’s overall structure, including:

• Defining the scientific objectives and research strategy
• Selecting and justifying the Oxia Planum landing site
• Designing the experimental program and scientific investigations
• Recommending scientific instrumentation and analytical methods
• Collaborating with the engineering and human operations teams to ensure an integrated mission design

Working with teammates across the United States strengthened my experience in remote collaboration, scientific communication, and systems thinking and of course lifting each other up.

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Team Credits

Developed collaboratively by the Aletheia Team:

• Aditya Angadi – Science
• Arya Angadi – Engineering
• Megan Lai – Engineering
• Neil Gupta – Human Operations
• Abel Samuel – Human Operations

Acknowledgements

Our mission architecture was made using publicly available research and mission concepts from:

• The Mars Society
• NASA
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• NASA Mars Architecture Strategy Working Group
• NASA Perseverance and MOXIE teams
• ESA ExoMars / Rosalind Franklin mission

Disclaimer

This presentation is an educational student project. It is not an official publication of The Mars Society, NASA, ESA, or any affiliated organisation. All trademarks and mission names remain the property of their respective owners.