The Mareekh
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Australian Space Awards 2026 - Finalist

We are back in the ring in the Australian Space Awards 2026 as finalist in the categories of Business of the Year - SME, and Scientist of the Year. This recognition reflects our mission to develop next-generation habitat systems for extreme environments, with Craterhab™ Technology designed to support future human settlement on Mars while also addressing urgent terrestrial challenges such as hypoxia in high-altitude mining communities in the Andes. By connecting Australian innovation,...

Mars Analogue Research Base in High-Altitude Hypobaric Environments on Earth

HALFWAY TO MARS (H2M) Objectives and Methodological Framework of the H2M (Halfway 2 Mars) Mars Simulation Base Figure 1: An H2M Mars Analogue Research Base at 5,400m altitude in Atacama Desert, Chile, featuring Craterhab pressurized habitat units, support infrastructure, power generation units and trainee astronauts in pressurized suits. These astronauts work outside with a pressure difference of 0.3 - 0.5 bar between interior and exterior of the pressurized Craterhab domes, thus requiring...

Revisiting the Mareekh Process: Part 2 - The Exergy

Mareekh Process is our patented hybrid power generation concept through In-Situ Resource Utilization of Martian subsurface water ice for power generation augmenting auxiliary sources such as solar and limited nuclear. Figure 1; The layout of the Mareekh Process from the patent document. Minor improvements include the redefining of 19, the router pump to MVR pump for condensate recovery and latent heat extraction. The core concept is to bring the subsurface ice to the surface in the form of...

New Co-Founder in the Team

We are proud to welcome Raul Carretero as one of the Co-founders of Mareekh Dynamics. In late November 2024, while we were trying to establish connections in Latin America to advocate and promote our Craterhab technology to combat altitude hypoxia in the Andes, Raul approached us and offered his support to help achieve this through an advisory role. Within a few weeks, he spread the word around and arranged key meetings with stakeholders in high altitude mining, tourism and research in Chile,...

Temperature Regulation Inside Martian Craterhabs

(Mars is known as a frozen dead world in popular culture. A screenshot from 2015 movie "The Martian". An astronaut inside a rover braving the extreme cold of the Martian night) Temperature on Mars The average temperature on Mars is -60c, with temperature extremes ranging from 21c at midday near the equator to -130c at night at the poles. The extremely thin Martian atmosphere, with pressure averaging around 0.006 bar, offers little to retain daylight heat during the frigid nights, with rapid...

Lava Tube as Habitats on Mars

A small base on Mars. During early period of exploration and settlement, lava tubes and caves on Mars may provide necessary radiation protection thus minimising engineering and logistical challenges of establishing early outposts on the red planet. Lava caves and tunnels on Mars Mars is a frigid, cold and geologically 'dead' world. But even the very first look of the planet reveals structures such as extinct volcanoes and lava flow channels, telling a different story from its untold past....

Craterhab Technology for Mars - Frequently Asked Questions

For some time, I have been considering writing a section of Frequently Asked Questions for Craterhab Technology. But for me who has an internal perspective of our technologies, I found a certain bias if I tried to create a set of questions. Therefore I always welcome questions which help me understand the gaps between my explanation and a reader's or commentator's understanding. Huzaifa Mustafa, a UET Taxila (Pakistan) graduate of the year 2024 has asked a few questions which are quite...

Craterhab Chile - Brief Introduction and Objectives - A Latam Persective

What is Craterhab-Chile? Craterhab Chile (CC) is a Chile-incorporated technology and innovation company formed through a collaboration between Mareekh Dynamics (Australia), Ferrada Blast (Chile), and myself (Brazil). CC deploys Mareekh Dynamics’ patented Craterhab pressurised habitat technology which is originally developed for long-term human habitation on Mars, for its terrestrial use in mitigating altitude-related hypoxia among workers at ultra-high-altitude mining operations in South...

Craterhab Chile - Background and Objectives

Mareekh Dynamics is proud to announce incorporation of our joint venture - Craterhab Chile - in South America with our Latam partners. Earlier this year, we started consultations on the application of our proprietary pressurized habitat system (The Craterhab) designed for Martian surface conditions, in high-altitude hypobaric environments such as mining operations in the Andes, South America, above 3,500m altitude. Miners working as such altitudes are subjected to altitude hypoxia which...

Craterhab; From Concept to Reality

https://youtu.be/bOiysrWwtec?si=NlQZuhKSbRdvJtub First proof of concept pressure testing of a Cratehab benchtop prototype at Karachi Space Observatory, Pakistan (17 Oct 2025). This is a major milestone in our technology development for Martian habitats and for high-altitude terrestrial environments. This is a 1m-diameter Nylon-TPU fabric composite dome, made up of adjoining composite polygons for optimal stress distribution on the structure. Kevlar could be more ideal as the dome fabric, but...

Revisiting the Mareekh Process: Part 1 - The Latent Heat Question

Mareekh Process is our patented ISRU hybrid power generation concept for Mars (Patent no. US 11421559 B1) (Fig. 1: The Mareekh Process) (Fig. 2: Simple flow diagram of the Mareekh Process) In a nutshell, Mareekh Process utilizes recovered subsurface ice on Mars (permafrost or subsurface glaciers) as superheated water and releases it in the power generation apparatus (steam turbines) making use of the very low pressure and temperature of the Martian atmosphere as a perfect heat sink, achieving...

Craterhab Technology: Adapting Martian Habitat Systems to Combat Chronic Hypoxia in High-Altitude Mining in the Andes - A White Paper

Dr. M. Akbar Hussain M. Ayaz Hussain M. Mehdi Hussain Rida Fatima Raúl Carretero I. Abstract The Andes is home to most of the world's...

The Big Win - Australian Space Innovator of the Year 2025. So, What's Next?

We’re thrilled to announce that Mareekh Dynamics has been awarded prestigious title of the Innovator of the Year at the Australian Space...

Back In The Ring - Australian Space Awards 2025

We are pleased to announce our nomination as finalist in the Australian Space Awards 2025 across three categories: 1. Finalist -...

Presenting Craterhab Technology and its Terrestrial Applications - at 9th Chronic Hypoxia Symposium and the 1st High-Altitude Space Physiology Symposium, La Paz, Bolivia.

Craterhab Technology; adapting Martian habitat system to combat and regulate chronic hypoxia in high-altitude mining in the Andes (28 Feb...

Bolivia - A Hypoxic Odyssey

Carnival at Oruro I had the opportunity to attend and present the Craterhab Technology at the 9th Chronic Hypoxia Symposium and the 1st...

Craterhab Technology; A Habitation Solution for Extreme Environments. Application in High-Altitude Mining in the Andes.

Meet Juan Juan is a 23 years old miner working at a very high altitude mining site in the Andes at nearly 5000m above sea level. The air...

Meet Raúl Carretero; Our Strategic Advisor

Raúl is an Industrial engineer in South America, currently working in Brazil. He has extensive experience of working at very high...

Welcome Dr. Nozair Khawaja to Mareekh Dynamics!

We are excited to announce that Dr. Nozair Khawaja has joined Mareekh Dynamics as an advisor. Dr. Khawaja brings a wealth of expertise...

Craterhab Technology: Moon to Mars

The Craterhab inflatable pressurized fabric dome habitats will not only enable long-term human settlement on Mars, they are also...

CRATERHAB™ TECHNOLOGY: An Engineering Overview and its Applications

(Fig. 1: AI rendering of a Craterhab tourist settlement in Altiplano, Bolivia at 5000m altitude to mimic conditions of living on Mars)...

Terrestrial Applications of Craterhab™ Technology; Revolutionizing Health and Tourism in High Altitude Low Pressure Environments

(AI rendition of a Craterhab tourist base in Altiplano, Bolivia) Background Craterhab™ is the flagship patented concept of Mareekh...

Plant Growth and Adaptation Strategies in the Martian Greenhouse Craterhabs

INTRODUCTION Mars serves as a primary focus for astrobiology research not solely due to its similarities with our planet, but also...

Understanding the Mareekh Process - A Thermodynamic Journey

(An AI rendering of what Mareekh Process, a hybrid power generation concept for Mars, may look like.) This is a follow up to our original...

An Assessment of the Equatorial Ice Deposits on Mars

This is a follow-up of the recent discovery of huge subsurface ice deposits at the Martian equator, several kilometers thick. This is...

Mareekh; An AI's Odyssey to Mars

Over past few days, we trained AI to understand Mareekh Dynamics' concepts for the engineering solutions for human habitation on Mars. We...

Craterhab Technology; Its Terrestrial Application and Business Case

What are Craterhabs? Craterhab is Mareekh Dynamics’ signature concept product, patented under USPTO. These are fabric domes up to several...

Presentations at the 2023 Int. Mars Society Convention, Oct 5-8, 2023, Arizona State University

Direct recording of our presentations (by Dr Abe Chandra). 1. Day 1, Oct 5, 2023, Craterhab Technology; our patented modular large-scale...

International 2023 Mars Society Convention

Download Four days' program and dozens of presentations and talks related to Mars. Join virtually and listen to the experts share their...

Australian Export Development Grant for Mareekh Dynamics

We are proud to secure Australian Export Development Grant to promote Mareekh Dynamics, and its patented engineering solutions for human...

Lake Torrens; A Living Fossil

'We acknowledge the Kuyani, Kokatha and Arabunna people as the traditional owners of the Lake Torrens and surrounding lands, and pay our...

Our third patent (design for the Craterhab) got published by the USPTO

Our third patent (design patent for the Craterhab) got published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Craterhabs are...

Mareekh Process: An Overview of the Energy Dynamics

In our previous blog post, we discussed the overall working of the Mareekh Process; from the extraction of liquid water from permafrost...

Mareekh Process; 25th International Mars Society Convention presentation

This is the recording from our online presentation from the 25th International Mars Society Convention at the Arizona State University,...

Working of the Mareekh Process; Poster for the Australian Space Research Conference 2022

A brief overview of the Mareekh Process; our patented hybrid power generation method for Mars

List of contents 1. Power on Mars 2. Fire on ice? 3. Background of the concept 3.1. Thermodynamic principles of a...

More on the enigmatic dark streaks on Mars

Back to the topic of the mysterious dark streaks on Mars after a long hiatus. No one truly knows the true nature or the mechanism of...

Mud Volcanism on Mars

Mars has long been considered a dead world with no liquid water on or near its surface. It is a cold, dry and frigid world. The old adage...

MARS CITY STATES New Societies for a New World

Our Craterhab design makes it to the cover page of the book "Mars City States: New Societies for a New World". In February 2020, SpaceX...

WATER ON MARS

Like many other people, for many years, I had a view that though Mars has frozen water on the poles in polar ice caps but it did not have...

EXPLORING HEBES CHASMA ON MARS

USING SOLAR POWERED HYDROGEN OR HELIUM FILLED BLIMPS North of Valles Marineris on Mars; the largest canyon system in the Solar System,...

WHY MARS?

The race is on for humans to enter the new age in history; the Interplanetary Age. Recent decades have shown that humans have achieved...