Martian Multichannel Diode Laser Spectrometer (M-DLS) for In-Situ Atmospheric Composition Measurements on Mars Onboard ExoMars-2022 Landing Platform

Rodin, A. V.; Vinogradov, I.; Zenevich, Sergei; Spiridonov, Maxim; Gazizov, Iskander; Kazakov, Viktor; Meshcherinov, Viacheslav; Golovin, Ilya; Kozlova, T. O.; Lebedev, Yuri B.; Malashevich, S. V.; Носов, А. В.; Roste, O. Z.; Venkstern, A. A.; Klimchuk, Artem; Semenov, V. M.; Barke, V. V.; Durry, Georges; Ghysels-Dubois, Mélanie; Tepteeva, Elena; Korablev, Oleg

doi:10.3390/app10248805

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“…The M-DLS multichannel diode laser spectrometer is designed to study the composition of atmospheric samples using the spectroscopy of ultrahigh resolution. The instrument was developed and manufactured at IKI RAS in close collaboration with MIPT (Rodin et al, 2020). The prototype of the instrument is a similar device that was part of the gas analytical unit of the Scientific Equipment Complex on the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft (Durry et al, 2010).…”

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Scientific Instrumentation Complex for the ExoMars-2022 Landing Platform

Korablev,

Rodionov,

Zelenyi

2024

Sol Syst Res

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Scientific objectives, instruments, and measurement program of the scientific instrumentation of the Kazachok stationary landing platform of the State Corporation Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) ExoMars-2022 project are presented. The scientific objectives of research on the landing platform included the long-term climate monitoring, the studies of the atmospheric composition, the mechanisms for dust lifting and related electrical phenomena, atmosphere–surface interactions, the subsurface water abundance, monitoring the radiation situation, and the study of Mars internal structure. To address these problems, 11 Russian and two European instruments with a total mass of 45 kg were built, tested and integrated into the spacecraft. These include a television camera system, meteorological complexes, a suite for studying dust and related electrical phenomena, optical spectrometers and an analytical complex for studying the atmospheric composition, a microwave radiometer, the neutron and gamma spectrometers for surface research, a seismometer, magnetometers and a Mars proper motion experiment to study its internal structure. Although the ExoMars-2022 project has been discontinued, the scientific objectives of the landing platform have not lost their relevance, and the technical solutions and developments implemented in scientific equipment are of interest and promising for further Mars exploration.

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Scientific Instrumentation Complex for the ExoMars-2022 Landing Platform

Korablev,

Rodionov,

Zelenyi

2024

Sol Syst Res

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“…Therefore, the TRL of the TLS is around 8 (Durry et al 2010). One should also mention that an upgraded version of the TDLAS developed and led by IKI/Roskosmos was ready to be launched within the framework of the Exomars-2022 Martian mission (Rodin et al 2020).…”

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Moonraker: Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission

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Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, possesses an internal water ocean and jets expelling ocean material into space. Cassini investigations indicated that the subsurface ocean could be a habitable environment having a complex interaction with the rocky core. Further investigation of the composition of the plume formed by the jets is necessary to fully understand the ocean, its potential habitability, and what it tells us about Enceladus’s origin. Moonraker has been proposed as an ESA M-class mission designed to orbit Saturn and perform multiple flybys of Enceladus, focusing on traversals of the plume. The proposed Moonraker mission consists of an ESA-provided platform with strong heritage from JUICE and Mars Sample Return and carrying a suite of instruments dedicated to plume and surface analysis. The nominal Moonraker mission has a duration of ∼13.5 yr. It includes a 23-flyby segment with 189 days allocated for the science phase and can be expanded with additional segments if resources allow. The mission concept consists of investigating (i) the habitability conditions of present-day Enceladus and its internal ocean, (ii) the mechanisms at play for the communication between the internal ocean and the surface of the South Polar Terrain, and (iii) the formation conditions of the moon. Moonraker, thanks to state-of-the-art instruments representing a significant improvement over Cassini's payload, would quantify the abundance of key species in the plume, isotopic ratios, and the physical parameters of the plume and the surface. Such a mission would pave the way for a possible future landed mission.

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“…We have mainly focused on chemical analysis techniques for detecting biotic organic compounds relevant to life detection in space exploration. Other avenues, although exciting but outside the scope of this review, include microscopy (e.g., Wallace et al, 2019), biological experiments (Touchette et al, 2022), and isotope analysis (Rodin et al, 2020), which provide orthogonal approaches to life detection. This manuscript can also be seen as a stepping stone, outlining influential reviews covering each technique.…”

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In situ organic biosignature detection techniques for space applications

Abrahamsson

Kanik

2022

Front. Astron. Space Sci.

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The search for life in Solar System bodies such as Mars and Ocean Worlds (e.g., Europa and Enceladus) is an ongoing and high-priority endeavor in space science, even ∼ five decades after the first life detection mission at Mars performed by the twin Viking landers. However, the in situ detection of biosignatures remains highly challenging, both scientifically and technically. New instruments are being developed for detecting extinct or extant life on Mars and Ocean Worlds due to new technology and fabrication techniques. These instruments are becoming increasingly capable of both detecting and identifying in situ organic biosignatures that are indicative of life and will play a pivotal role in the search for evidence of life through robotic lander missions. This review article gives an overview of techniques used for space missions (gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and spectroscopy), the further ongoing developments of these techniques, and ion mobility spectrometry. In addition, current developments of techniques used in the next-generation instruments for organic biosignature detection are reviewed; these include capillary electrophoresis, liquid chromatography, biosensors (primarily immunoassays), and nanopore sensing; whereas microscopy, biological assays, and isotope analysis are beyond the scope of this paper and are not covered.

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Martian Multichannel Diode Laser Spectrometer (M-DLS) for In-Situ Atmospheric Composition Measurements on Mars Onboard ExoMars-2022 Landing Platform

Cited by 8 publications

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Scientific Instrumentation Complex for the ExoMars-2022 Landing Platform

Scientific Instrumentation Complex for the ExoMars-2022 Landing Platform

Moonraker: Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission

In situ organic biosignature detection techniques for space applications

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