Overview and results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover's first science campaign on the Jezero crater floor

VZ Sun, KP Hand, KM Stack, KA Farley… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on 18 February 2021.
After a 100‐sol period of commissioning and the Ingenuity Helicopter technology …

Impact of UV radiation on the Raman and infrared spectral signatures of sulfates, phosphates and carbonates: Implications for Mars exploration

C Royer, S Bernard, O Beyssac, E Balan, O Forni… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
Perseverance is on Mars, collecting samples which will inform about Martian geology and
paleoenvironmental conditions. However, the surface of Mars is continuously bombarded by …

Reflectance of Jezero Crater Floor: 1. Data Processing and Calibration of the Infrared Spectrometer (IRS) on SuperCam

C Royer, T Fouchet, L Mandon… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Perseverance rover, Mars 2020 mission, landed on the surface of the Jezero
crater, on 18 February 2021. This Martian crater is suspected to have hosted a paleolake as …

Salt constructs in paleo-lake basins as high-priority astrobiology targets

MS Phillips, M McInenly, MH Hofmann, NW Hinman… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
In extreme environments, microbial organisms reside in pockets with locally habitable
conditions. Micro-climates conducive to the persistence of life in an otherwise inhospitable …

Thresholds of Temperature and Time for Mars Sample Return: Final Report of the Mars Sample Return Temperature-Time Tiger Team

MA Sephton, K Freeman, L Hays, F Thiessen… - 2024 - liebertpub.com
Executive Summary The Temperature-Time Tiger Team (T4) was chartered by NASA and
ESA to evaluate the potential for degradation or alteration of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of SimulCam, a standoff Raman system for scientific support of SuperCam operations on Mars

JA Manrique, G Lopez-Reyes, M Veneranda… - Advances in Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the development activities of SuperCam Calibration Target, target intended for one of
the two first Raman instruments to be deployed on another planetary body, our group …