The Mars Gravity Biosatellite will be one of the most complex spacecraft ever built by a university-based team, providing extensive data telemetry, atmospheric re-entry capability, and a record-breaking autonomous life support system. If you would like to advise or assist with research or systems development, please contact info@marsgravity.org.

The spacecraft is composed of three main subsystems, as shown. The Payload Module , developed at MIT, provides life support capabilities and data telemetry/storage from onboard experiments; the Entry Descent and Landing system, developed at the University of Queensland, carries the payload safely back to Earth at the conclusion of the mission and protects it from heat and impact shocks during descent and landing; and the Spacecraft Bus contains the orbital systems providing navigation, propulsion, power, communications, and environmental regulation throughout the mission.