For the past fifty years of space exploration, mass spectrometry has provided unique
chemical and physical insights on the characteristics of other planetary bodies in the Solar …

Discovering exoplanets and satellites in habitable zones within and beyond our solar
system has sparked intrigue in planetary setting varieties that could support life. Based on …

Astrobiology missions to ocean worlds in our solar system must overcome both scientific and
technological challenges due to extreme temperature and radiation conditions, long …

The search for life in Solar System bodies such as Mars and Ocean Worlds (eg, Europa and
Enceladus) is an ongoing and high-priority endeavor in space science, even∼ five decades …

For over half a century, scientists have contemplated the potential existence of life within the
clouds of Venus. Unknown chemistry leaves open the possibility that certain regions of the …

Laser desorption mass spectrometry (LDMS) enables in situ characterization of the organic
content and chemical composition of planetary materials without requiring extensive sample …

Before the first humans depart for Mars in the next decade, hundreds of tons of martian water-
ice must be harvested to produce propellant for the return vehicle, a process known as in …

This paper presents the architecture trade study for the Enceladus Vent Explorer (EVE)
mission concept, which would enable access to the potentially habitable subsurface ocean …

Rationale Characterization of Regolith And Trace Economic Resources (CRATER), an
Orbitrap™‐based laser desorption mass spectrometry instrument designed to conduct high …

A new generation of High Resolution Mass Spectrometers (HRMS) for space exploration is
being developed for several years to augment significantly the analytical performances of …