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ESA ExoMars: Pre-launch PanCam Geometric Modeling and Accuracy Assessment [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2014
ExoMars is the flagship mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) Aurora Programme. The mobile scientific platform, or rover, will carry a drill and a suite of instruments dedicated to exobiology and geochemistry research.
D. Li, R Li, A. Yilmaz
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Establishment of the Coast Range ophiolite microbial observatory (CROMO): drilling objectives and preliminary outcomes [PDF]

Scientific Drilling, 2013
This project aimed to establish a subsurface microbial observatory in ultramafic rocks, by drilling into an actively serpentinizing peridotite body, characterizing cored rocks, and outfitting the boreholes for a program of long-term observation and ...
D. Cardace, T. Hoehler, T. McCollom, M. Schrenk, D. Carnevale, M. Kubo, K. Twing   +6 more
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Investigating Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Bioremediation through Microbial Action Using Raman Spectroscopy

Challenges
Sodium perchlorate is a toxic salt-based compound found both terrestrially, (due to pollution) and extraterrestrially on the surface of Mars. Perchlorate pollution poses a risk to agricultural-based activities as once it enters soils/waterways it can be ...
Daniel Keaney, Venkata V. B. Yallapragada, Liam O’Faolain, Ganga Chinna Rao Devarapu, Karen Finn, Brigid Lucey   +5 more
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Crop growth and viability of seeds on Mars and Moon soil simulants

Open Agriculture, 2019
If humans are going to establish a base on the Moon or on Mars they will have to grow their own crops. An option is to use Lunar and Martian regolith. These regoliths are not available for plant growth experiments, therefore NASA has developed regolith ...
Wamelink G.W.W., Frissel J.Y., Krijnen W.H.J., Verwoert M.R.   +3 more
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Crater Observing Bioinspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Crater Observing Bio‐inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA) is a modular, snake‐inspired robot that addresses the mobility challenges of extraterrestrial exploration sites such as Shackleton Crater. Incorporating snake‐like gaits and tumbling locomotion, COBRA navigates both uneven surfaces and steep crater walls.
Adarsh Salagame, Henry Noyes, Eric Sihite, Arash Kalantari, Alireza Ramezani   +4 more
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Community ecology and functional potential of bacteria, archaea, eukarya and viruses in Guerrero Negro microbial mat

Scientific Reports
In this study, the microbial ecology, potential environmental adaptive mechanisms, and the potential evolutionary interlinking of genes between bacterial, archaeal and viral lineages in Guerrero Negro (GN) microbial mat were investigated using ...
P. Maza-Márquez, M. D. Lee, B. M. Bebout   +2 more
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Microbial mediation of textures and minerals – terrestrial or parent body processes?

Open Astronomy, 2019
Evolution of chondritic parent body is influenced by thermal, impact metamorphism and aqueous alteration, studied in Mező-Madaras, Knyahinya, Mócs and Nyírábrány in aspect of high resolution in situ textural, mineralogical and organic geochemical ...
Polgári Márta, Gyollai Ildikó, Bérczi Szaniszló, Veres Miklós, Gucsik Arnold, Elemér Pál-Molnár   +5 more
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Maximizing Scientific Exploitation of Raman Spectroscopy With A.C.M.E. (Atmospheric Chamber for Measurements in Environment)

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, EarlyView.
Simulated planetary gas detection using the A.C.M.E. chamber and a novel hollow‐core fiber Raman sensor. Controlled atmospheric mixtures were used to evaluate the sensor’s performance, demonstrating its capability to detect gases such as CO₂, O₂, and N₂. The results support the applicability of the HCF‐based Raman sensor in future planetary exploration
I. Reyes‐Rodríguez, S. Julve‐Gonzalez, M. Veneranda, J. A. Manrique, A. Sanz‐Arranz, M. Mayoral‐Yagüe, S. Jiménez‐Blázquez, L. Asenjo‐Estévez, E. Charro‐Huerga, J. Delgado‐Iglesias, E. A. Lalla, B. Barrios‐Areinamo, F. Rull, G. Lopez‐Reyes   +13 more
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Early Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Development of the Microfluidic Inorganic Conductivity Detector for Europa and the Solenoid-Based Actuator Assembly for Impact Penetrators

Sensors
This study introduces an innovative in situ lander/impact-penetrator design tailored for Discovery-class missions to Europa, specifically focused on conducting astrobiological analyses.
Chinmayee Govinda Raj, Mohamed Odeh, Cambrie Salyards, Amanda Stockton   +3 more
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Identification of the Beagle 2 lander on Mars [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
The 2003 Beagle 2 Mars lander has been identified in Isidis Planitia at 90.43° E, 11.53° N, close to the predicted target of 90.50° E, 11.53° N. Beagle 2 was an exobiology lander designed to look for isotopic and compositional signs of life on Mars, as ...
J. C. Bridges, J. Clemmet, M. Croon, M. R. Sims, D. Pullan, J.-P. Muller, Y. Tao, S. Xiong, A. R. Putri, T. Parker, S. M. R. Turner, J. M. Pillinger   +11 more
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