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Session Proposal: Understanding Space Weather for Human and Robotic Exploration to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond (AGU25)

SH036
Understanding Space Weather for Human and Robotic Exploration to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond

Session ID#: 246875

Session Description:
As we continue to explore the heliosphere, our understanding of space weather and its effects are becoming increasingly important. Characterizing potential hazards posed by solar activity is critical for future human and robotic missions. These future missions to the Moon and Mars rely on understanding the impacts of space weather on the environment, humans, and technology. To ensure safe operations, mission planning must also consider how environmental response changes with solar cycle. Current planetary and heliophysics missions, data, and models offer the opportunity to assess space weather activity and impacts that humans and robotic assets may encounter. This session welcomes abstracts that address observations and simulation results on space weather activity relevant for exploration to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We also welcome abstracts describing new developments in technology and advancements in space weather observations that are key for improving space weather forecasting throughout the heliosphere.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • SY - Science and Society
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

6225 Mars [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS]
7938 Impacts on humans [SPACE WEATHER]
7974 Solar effects [SPACE WEATHER]
7984 Space radiation environment [SPACE WEATHER]
Primary Convener:  Gina A DiBraccio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Conveners:  Yaireska M Collado-Vega, NOAA/NESDIS, Office of Space Weather Observations, Lanham, United States, Phillip C Chamberlin, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Christina O Lee, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
 
Toward Safer Mars Missions: Space Weather Lessons from a Multipoint Observation Campaign (1914517)
Adrienn Luspay-Kuti1, Drew L. Turner2, Alexander B Crew1, Ralph L McNutt Jr3, Joe H Westlake4,5, Evangelos Paouris1, Angelos Vourlidas2, Savvas Raptis6, Corey Cochrane7, Xianzhe Jia8, Carol A Raymond9, Steven P Joy10, Daniel Heyner11, Kathleen Gwen Hanley12, Ali Rahmati13, Jacob Gruesbeck14, Jasper S Halekas15, Shannon Curry16, Michael Louis Stevens17, H. T. Smith1, Margaret Kivelson18, James A Slavin19, Dany Waller2, Krishan K Khurana20, Timothy Simon Horbury21, Jared R Espley22, Dave Mitchell23, Tom Nordheim2, Haje Korth24, Carol S Paty25, Abigail M Rymer26, Joachim Saur27, Kathleen Mandt28, Elias Roussos29 and Norbert Krupp30, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)JHUAPL, Laurel, United States, (5)NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States, (6)KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Space and Plasma Physics, Stockholm, Sweden, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (8)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (9)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (10)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (11)TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, (12)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (13)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (14)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (15)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States, (16)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (17)Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, United States, (18)University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (19)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (20)University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, (21)Imperial College London, Department of Physics, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (22)Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (23)Space Science Laboratory, UCB, Berkeley, United States, (24)Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, United States, (25)University of Oregon, Earth Sciences, Eugene, OR, United States, (26)Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States, (27)University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, (28)The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Space Exploration Sector, Laurel, United States, (29)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany, (30)Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
 
Analysis of Extreme Space Weather Events at Mars with Low Latency Data in Support of Future R2O2R Activities (1952919)
Norberto Romanelli, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States; University of Maryland, Department of Astronomy, College Park, United States, Gina A DiBraccio, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, Michelangelo Romano, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, Mary Aronne, ASRC, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, MD, United States, M. Leila Mays, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Community Coordinated Modeling Center, Greenbelt, United States, Christina O Lee, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Phillip C Chamberlin, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Jared R Espley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Jasper S Halekas, University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States, Frank Eparvier, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and Shannon Curry, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
An Overview of Space Weather Observations and Prediction Capabilities for Exploration to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond by NASA GSFC’s Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office (Invited) (1963961)
Mary Aronne1, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla2, Michelangelo Romano3, Carina Alden4, Madeleine Anastopulos4, Anna Chulaki4, Hannah Hermann4, Anthony Iampietro4, Elizabeth Juelfs1, Melissa Kane4, Juliana Kreuscher4, Robert Loper5, Mary Pasanen6, Norberto Romanelli7, Christopher Stubenrauch4 and The CCMC Team, the SRAG Team, and the Mars Space Weather Collaboration Team, (1)NASA GSFC/GMU, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, MD, United States, (3)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA GSFC/CUA, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States, (6)NASA GSFC/ADNET Systems Inc., Greenbelt, United States, (7)Organization Not Listed, Washington, United States
 
Overview of ESCAPADE Science Data Products for Two-Point Space Weather Measurements En Route to Mars (1965899)
Dr. Takuya Hara1, Robert J Lillis1, Shaosui Xu1, Shannon Curry2, Janet G Luhmann1, Roberto Livi1, Phyllis Whittlesey1, Jared R Espley3, Jacob Gruesbeck4, Aroh Barjatya5, Laura Lee6, Christopher S Edwards6 and Christopher Haberle6, (1)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (2)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, United States, (6)Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, United States
 
Enhanced Radiation Exposure of Airline Crew and Passengers During the May 2024 Geomagnetic Storm (1966462)
Homayon Aryan, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Jacob Bortnik, University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, United States, W Kent Tobiska, Space Environment Technologies, Pacific Palisades, United States, Benjamin R Hogan, Space Environment Technologies, Radiation Applications Division, Pacific Palisades, United States, Piyush Mehta, University of Kansas, Overland Park, United States, Rashmi Siddalingappa, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States and venkata Suvarns Harshitha Challa, West Virginia University, Morgantown, United States
 
Innovation and Collaboration at the 2025 Artemis II Space Weather Support Testbed Exercise (1972151)
Hazel M Bain1, Kimberly Dianne Moreland2, Adam Kubaryk3, Jaclyn Stickrod4, Shawn Dahl5, Charlotte Martinkus6, Robert A Steenburgh7, Manasi Gopala8, Michael Bettwy9, Scott Burns8, Bryan Brasher10, Marlon Nunez11, Juan Rodriguez12 and Brian Kress13, (1)University of Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, United States, (2)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, United States, (3)NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)CIRES, Boulder, United States, (5)NOAA National Weather Service, Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, United States, (6)CU/CIRES NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, United States, (7)NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, United States, (9)NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, United States, (10)NOAA Corp/NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder, United States, (11)Universidad de malaga, Malaga, Spain, (12)University of Colorado, Boulder - CIRES, Boulder, United States, (13)CU/CIRES-NOAA/NCEI, Boulder, United States
 
NASA Space Weather Program: Strategies for and Perspectives on Supporting Human and Robotic Exploration of the Solar System (1976073)
Jamie E Favors1, Sabrina L Savage2, Esayas Shume3, Kelly E Korreck3, Alex Fletcher4, Ursula K Rick3, Reinhard H W Friedel5, Dr. John Patrick McCormack1, Aleida Katherine Higginson6 and Margaux Miller1, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NASA, Washington, DC, United States, (3)NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States, (4)NASA, Washington, United States, (5)NASA HQ, Lancaster, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Most intense space weather events during the space age: Analyzing effects on spacecraft and human life (1858769)
Tara Rapoport, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, Violet Shirley, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, UNITED STATES and Shannon Curry, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
Solar soft X-ray proxy derived from observed Auger photoelectrons by MGS and a 1999-2006 flare catalog at Mars (1861754)
Shaosui Xu, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, Edward Thiemann, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, David L Mitchell, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States and Phillip C Chamberlin, University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
In-situ Measurements of Moon’s Surface Bound Exosphere: Preliminary Results from Chandrayaan 3 RAMBHA-LP (1869192)
Ananyo Bhattacharya1, Omar Leon2, Shirsh Soni3, Keshav R Tripathi4 and Jim M Raines2, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Thiruvananthapuram, 695, India, (4)The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
 
The First Space Weather Catalogue at Mars with MAVEN: Characterizing Solar Transient Events at 1.5 AU (1869625)
Violet Shirley1, Shannon Curry2, Lan Jian3, Rebecca Jolitz4 and Ali Rahmati4, (1)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States
 
Local natural terrain shielding effects and time-dependent radiative mapping of Martian surface (1877428)
Gabin Charpentier1,2, Bent Ehresmann3, Théo Pieri1, Thibault Eyraud1, Jingnan Guo4, Salman Khaksarighiri5, Rémi Benacquista2, Jean Christophe Malapert1, Robert Ecoffet1, Julien Mekki1, Alexis Paillet1, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber6, Don Hassler3, Cary Zeitlin7, Philippe Valet8 and Yves Gourinat9, (1)CNES French National Center for Space Studies, Toulouse Cedex 09, France, (2)TRAD, Labège cedex, France, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States, (4)University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Hefei, China, (5)University of Kiel, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, (6)University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, (7)NASA JSC/Leidos, Houston, United States, (8)RESTORE, UMR 1301-Inserm 5070-CNRS EFS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France, (9)Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, Toulouse Cedex 04, France
 
Modeling the 2017 September 10 Solar Energetic Particle Event as Observed on Mars and at 1 au (1892695)
Weihao Liu1, Igor Sokolov1, Lulu Zhao1, Nishtha Sachdeva1, Gabor Toth1, Hongfan Chen2, Christina O Lee3, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber4, Meng Jin5, Tamas I Gombosi1, Ward Manchester1, Robin Ramstad6, Jasper S Halekas7, Davin E Larson3, Don Hassler8 and Shannon Curry9, (1)University of Michigan, Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (4)University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, (5)Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, Palo Alto, CA, United States, (6)Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (7)University of Iowa, Physics and Astronomy, Iowa City, United States, (8)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Solar System Science & Exploration Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
ESCAPADE's New Mission: Two-Point Space Weather Measurements at Earth, Mars, and in-Between (1895700)
Robert J Lillis1, Shaosui Xu2, Shannon Curry3, Dr. Takuya Hara4, David W Curtis5, Ellen Taylor6, Sasha Courtade6, Roberto Livi2, Phyllis Whittlesey2, Jared R Espley7, Aroh Barjatya8, Yingjuan Ma9, David A Brain10, Edward Thiemann3, Jacob Gruesbeck11, Kathleen Gwen Hanley12, Ronan Modolo13, Christopher S Edwards14 and Laura Lee14, (1)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (4)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (6)University of California, Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (7)Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (8)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, United States, (9)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (10)University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (11)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (12)Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States, (13)LATMOS/IPSL, UVSQ Université Paris-Saclay, Sorbonne Université, Guyancourt, France, (14)Northern Arizona University, Astronomy and Planetary Science, Flagstaff, United States
 
Measuring high energy (10 MeV - 10 GeV) particles at Mars with the MAVEN Solar Energetic Particle detector, with a focus on Galactic Cosmic Ray modulation throughout the solar cycle (2015-2024). (1900587)
Patrick A Dunn1, Christina O Lee2, Bent Ehresmann3, Davin Larson4, Ali Rahmati2 and Robert J Lillis5, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (5)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
 
The Solar Energetic Particle Detector on MAVEN: Bonus Science at Mars (1901887)
Ali Rahmati1, Davin E Larson2, Thomas Cravens3, Christina O Lee4, Patrick Dunn4, Rebecca Jolitz4, Stephen A Ledvina5, Samer Alnussirat6, Robert J Lillis7, Matthew O. Fillingim8, Allen Silva9, Dave Mitchell10, James P McFadden5, Shannon Curry11 and The MAVEN Team, (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (3)University of Kansas, Physics and Astronomy, Lawrence, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, (5)Univ California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (6)Louisiana State University, Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, United States, (7)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (8)University of California, Berkeley, United States, (9)Cal Poly Pomona, Azusa CA, UNITED STATES, (10)Space Science Laboratory, UCB, Berkeley, United States, (11)University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
 
Characterizing Mars Space Weather with the M-MATISSE mission: Mars Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space weather SciencE. An ESA Medium class (M7) candidate in Phase-A. (1909626)
Beatriz Sanchez-Cano, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1, United Kingdom, Francois Leblanc, LATMOS/IPSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, Paris, France and M-MATISSE team
 
Characterizing the Solar Sources of Periodic Mesoscale Solar Wind Structures Responsible for Radiation Belt Particle Loss: Results and Implications for Space Weather Forecasting (1925888)
Grace Gratton1, Samantha Wallace1, Nicholeen M Viall2 and Simone Di Matteo3, (1)Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
 
Improving real-time forecasts of the Solar Wind at the Earth, Moon, and Mars (Invited) (1932669)
Charles Nickolos Arge1, Carl J Henney2, Shaela I Jones3, Alison Farrish4, Evangelia Samara5, Samuel Schonfeld6 and Daniel da Silva1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB, Kirtland AFB, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, United States, (5)Catholic University of America, Washington, United States, (6)Air Force Research Laboratory Albuquerque, Albuquerque, United States
 
Assessing the Reliability of Solar Flare Forecasts for Human and Robotic Space Exploration (1935582)
Enrico Camporeale, University of Colorado, Queen Mary University of London, Boulder, United States and Thomas Berger, University of Colorado Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center, Boulder, United States
 
Solar Wind Helium Abundance: A Fixed-Amplitude Solar Activity Indicator for Space Weather Forecasting (1937609)
Benjamin L. Alterman1, Fernando Carcaboso2, Brent M Randol3, Emily Irene Mason4, Sherry Chhabra5, Michael Louis Stevens6, Andreas Weiss1, Mihailo Martinovic7, John Martin Laming8, Yuan-Kuen Ko9, Micah J Weberg10, Bennett Maruca11, Lynn B Wilson III3, Dr. Yogesh ., PhD12, Yeimy Rivera13, Sanchita Pal1, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla14, Leon Ofman1, Adam Szabo3 and Christian Möstl15, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA, United States, (5)George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, (6)Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tucson, AZ, United States, (8)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States, (9)Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States, (10)US National Research Council of the National Academies, NRC Research Associate, Washington, DC, United States, (11)Center for Astrophysics, Berkeley, CA, United States, (12)Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India, (13)Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, United States, (14)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, MD, United States, (15)Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
 
Analyzing MSL/RAD Measurements to Assess the Potential of Radiation Shielding Provided by Natural Topography on the Surface of Mars (1938088)
Bent Ehresmann1, Gabin Charpentier2, Don Hassler3, Cary Zeitlin4, Robert F Wimmer-Schweingruber5, Salman Khaksarighiri6 and Jan Leo Loewe6, (1)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Solar System Science & Exploration Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)ISAE - SUPAERO, Toulouse, France, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, United States, (4)NASA JSC/Leidos, Houston, United States, (5)University of Kiel, Institute for Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany, (6)University of Kiel, Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel, Germany