Perseverance's scanning habitable environments with Raman and luminescence for organics and chemicals (SHERLOC) investigation

R Bhartia, LW Beegle, L DeFlores, W Abbey… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for
Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) is a robotic arm-mounted instrument on NASA's …

The modern near-surface Martian climate: a review of in-situ meteorological data from Viking to Curiosity

GM Martinez, CN Newman… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
We analyze the complete set of in-situ meteorological data obtained from the Viking landers
in the 1970s to today's Curiosity rover to review our understanding of the modern near …

Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data

SE Lauro, E Pettinelli, G Caprarelli, L Guallini… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The detection of liquid water by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere
Sounding (MARSIS) at the base of the south polar layered deposits in Ultimi Scopuli has …

Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

JL Eigenbrode, RE Summons, A Steele, C Freissinet… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Establishing the presence and state of organic matter, including its possible biosignatures,
in martian materials has been an elusive quest, despite limited reports of the existence of …

Habitability on early Mars and the search for biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

JL Vago, F Westall, AJ Coates, R Jaumann… - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The second ExoMars mission will be launched in 2020 to target an ancient location
interpreted to have strong potential for past habitability and for preserving physical and …

Spectral evidence for hydrated salts in recurring slope lineae on Mars

L Ojha, MB Wilhelm, SL Murchie, AS McEwen… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Determining whether liquid water exists on the Martian surface is central to understanding
the hydrologic cycle and potential for extant life on Mars. Recurring slope lineae, narrow …

Mars' surface radiation environment measured with the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover

DM Hassler, C Zeitlin, RF Wimmer-Schweingruber… - science, 2014 - science.org
The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover
began making detailed measurements of the cosmic ray and energetic particle radiation …

Organic molecules in the sheepbed mudstone, gale crater, mars

C Freissinet, DP Glavin, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Mars Science
Laboratory Curiosity rover is designed to conduct inorganic and organic chemical analyses …

The Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) instrument: characterization of organic material in martian sediments

F Goesmann, WB Brinckerhoff, F Raulin, W Goetz… - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Abstract The Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) instrument onboard the
ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars rover (to launch in July, 2020) will analyze volatile and refractory …

The ladder of life detection

M Neveu, LE Hays, MA Voytek, MH New, MD Schulte - Astrobiology, 2018 - liebertpub.com
We describe the history and features of the Ladder of Life Detection, a tool intended to guide
the design of investigations to detect microbial life within the practical constraints of robotic …