MIND - Mars Intelligent Navigation & Diagnostics
Category
UI/UX Design
Mentor
Netanel Kosovsky
Partner
Omri Shalev
Year
2025
MIND (Mars Intelligent Navigation & Diagnostics) is a remote control system designed to help mission teams manage Mars Rover operations more intelligently, safely, and efficiently. It provides intuitive access to real-time status and historical data, helping users locate critical information, learn from past events, and make faster, smarter decisions, including planning future missions based on years of collected data.
The Mission
For this studio project, we were asked to design a complex digital system that enhances a real-world experience. We chose NASA’s Curiosity rover mission as our starting point; a data-rich, ongoing exploration process that combines science, technology, decision-making and human collaboration. Our goal was to translate this complex environment into an intuitive digital product, shaped by research, scenario planning, content structure and a clear visual identity.
Pain Points & Challenges
Operating a rover on Mars requires careful planning under extreme constraints: delayed communication, limited energy, harsh terrain and no room for real-time intervention. Every decision must balance scientific discovery with the rover’s safety.
The mission teams also face a major information challenge. They need to interpret huge amounts of fragmented data, access past insights quickly, and make critical decisions under pressure, while ensuring that knowledge is preserved across teams and over time.
Pain Points & Challenges
MIND — Mars Intelligent Navigation & Diagnostics is a remote control and mission management system designed to help mission control teams operate the rover with greater clarity, speed and confidence.
By combining live diagnostics, historical archives, mission data and past anomalies in one intuitive interface, MIND helps mission control teams quickly access critical information, learn from previous events, and make better decisions when planning the rover’s next move.
