This review focuses on the progress made and recent developments regarding the use of
portable Raman spectrometric devices in the geosciences as well as with scientific testing of …

The 2020s could be called, with little doubt, the “Mars decade”. No other period in space
exploration history has experienced such interest in placing orbiters, rovers and landers on …

Abstract The Raman Laser Spectrometer (RLS) on board the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars
2020 mission will provide precise identification of the mineral phases and the possibility to …

Tools for mineral identification based on Raman spectroscopy fall into two groups: those that
are largely based on fits to diagnostic peaks associated with specific phases, and those that …

This work aims to evaluate whether the multi-point analysis the ExoMars Raman Laser
Spectrometer (RLS) will perform on powdered samples could serve to classify ultramafic …

Raman spectroscopy is a very powerful analytical technique with an increasing acceptance
in the scientific community. For the optimization of the Raman acquisition, two main …

This work considers the hypothetical viability of microbial nitrate-dependent Fe2+ oxidation
(NDFO) for supporting simple life in the context of the early Mars environment. This draws on …

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 …

In the search for biosignatures on Mars, there is an abundance of data from orbiters and
rovers to characterize global and regional habitability, but much less information is available …

The Raman laser spectrometer (RLS) instrument onboard the Rosalind Franklin rover of the
ExoMars 2022 mission will analyze powdered samples on Mars to search for traces of life …