Science objectives for flagship-class mission concepts for the search for evidence of life at enceladus

SM MacKenzie, M Neveu, AF Davila, JI Lunine… - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Cassini revealed that Saturn's Moon Enceladus hosts a subsurface ocean that meets the
accepted criteria for habitability with bio-essential elements and compounds, liquid water …

Onboard Science Instrument Autonomy for the Detection of Microscopy Biosignatures on the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor

M Wronkiewicz, J Lee, L Mandrake… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The quest to find extraterrestrial life is a critical scientific endeavor with civilization-level
implications. Icy moons in our solar system are promising targets for exploration because …

[HTML][HTML] Subsurface science and search for life in ocean worlds

JD Lawrence, AD Mullen, FE Bryson… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Several worlds in our solar system are thought to hold oceans of liquid water beneath their
frozen surfaces. These subsurface ice and ocean environments are promising targets in the …

[HTML][HTML] A multi-modal volumetric microscope with automated sample handling for surveying microbial life in liquid samples

T Kim, N Oborny, E Serabyn, JK Wallace… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the study of microbial life, microscopy plays a unique role due to its ability to detect
ordered structure, motility, and fluorescence signals. As such it has also recently gained …

Extraction chamber for the Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor (OWLS) instruments suite

M Badescu, A Noell, S Sherrit… - 2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The JPL OWLS is an instrument suite that combines chemical analysis with microscopy in
order to search for life on multiple fronts. In order to accomplish this, it needs a front-end …

ELVIS: A correlated light-field and digital holographic microscope for field and laboratory investigations–Field demonstration

T Kim, E Serabyn, K Liewer, N Oborny… - Microscopy …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Following the previous article, here we describe the first field demonstration of the ELVIS
system, performed at Newport Beach, CA. We examined ocean water to detect …

[PDF][PDF] Deliverable D 2.1--Internal literature review report on State of the Art (SoA)

WP Leader, T Leader - holozcan.com
For the purpose of preparing the D2. 1--Internal literature review report on SoA, the
deliverable report was divided into the following sections: summary, introduction …