The ADRON-RM Instrument Onboard the ExoMars Rover

Митрофанов, И. Г.; Litvak, M. L.; Nikiforov, S.; Jun, I.; Bobrovnitsky, Yu. I.; Golovin, D. V.; Grebennikov, Alexandre; Fedosov, F.; Kozyrev, A. S.; Lisov, Denis; Malakhov, A. V.; Мокроусов, М. И.; Санин, А. Б.; Швецов, В. Н.; Тимошенко, Г. Н.; Tomilina, T. M.; Tretyakov, V. I.; Vostrukhin, A.

doi:10.1089/ast.2016.1566

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“…ADRON (active detector for gamma rays and neutrons) (Mitrofanov et al , 2017 [this issue]) will count the number of thermal and epithermal neutrons scattered in the martian subsurface to determine hydrogen content (present as grain adsorbed water, water ice, or in hydrated minerals) in the top 1 m. This information will complement the subsurface characterization performed by WISDOM.…”

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Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

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Westall²,

Coates³

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Astrobiology

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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 chemical biosignatures (as well as abiotic/prebiotic organics). The mission will deliver a lander with instruments for atmospheric and geophysical investigations and a rover tasked with searching for signs of extinct life. The ExoMars rover will be equipped with a drill to collect material from outcrops and at depth down to 2 m. This subsurface sampling capability will provide the best chance yet to gain access to chemical biosignatures. Using the powerful Pasteur payload instruments, the ExoMars science team will conduct a holistic search for traces of life and seek corroborating geological context information. Key Words: Biosignatures—ExoMars—Landing sites—Mars rover—Search for life. Astrobiology 17, 471–510.

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Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

Vago¹,

Westall²,

Coates³

et al. 2017

Astrobiology

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“…The capable instrument complement includes 'context' instruments (PanCamour scientific camera system 3see below), an infrared spectrometer ISEM 4 for mineralogy, a ground penetrating radar WISDOM 5 for subsurface rock outcrop and water ice detection, a neutron detector ADRON 6 for sub-surface hydrogen, inferring water, and a close-up imager CLUPI 7 . In the tip of the drill is the miniaturised visible and infrared Ma_MISS 8 instrument, for subsurface geological context.…”

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Looking for life on Mars with the Rosalind Franklin rover: the PanCam instrument

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The ESA-Russia Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars 2022) rover, with its unique 2m drill, will address key questions in the search for life on Mars. PanCam will establish the surface context, with other instruments, providing geology, atmospheric science and 3D vision. PanCam uses a pair of Wide Angle Cameras (WACs), each with an 11 position filter wheel, and a High Resolution Camera (HRC). The cameras and electronics are in an optical bench that provides the interface to the rover and planetary protection. PanCam includes a calibration target mounted on the rover deck for radiometric calibration, fiducial markers for geometric calibration and a rover inspection mirror.

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“…From these data, an outcrop target will be chosen for the rover to approach to ∼3 m on the second sol. ADRON (Mitrofanov et al, 2017 , in this issue) and WISDOM (Ciarletti et al, 2017 , in this issue) surveys are conducted during the approach phase. A WAC image using either all 12 geology filters or selected groups (as discussed in Section 3.1 ) is taken of the outcrop along with a mosaic of eight HRC color images (and again eight co-registered ISEM spectra).…”

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“…In addition, the Close-UP Imager (CLUPI; Josset et al, 2017 , in this issue) will provide high-resolution images of potential drilling sites and other interesting samples. Subsurface context will be provided by a ground-penetrating radar (Water Ice and Subsurface Deposit Observation On Mars, WISDOM; Ciarletti et al, 2017 , in this issue) and a neutron detector (Autonomous Detector of Radiation Of Neutrons, ADRON; Mitrofanov et al 2017 , in this issue), as well as a visible-IR spectrometer (Mars Multispectral Imager for Subsurface Studies, Ma_MISS; De Sanctis et al, 2017 , in this issue) in the drill tip to provide in situ mineralogy for the subsurface samples before they are brought to the surface. Sample analysis will be by the Analytical Laboratory Drawer (ALD) instruments, MicrOmega (Bibring et al, 2017 , in this issue), RLS (Raman spectrometer; Rull et al, 2017 , in this issue), and Mars Organic Molecule Analyser (MOMA; Goesmann et al, 2017 , in this issue).…”

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The PanCam Instrument for the ExoMars Rover

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The scientific objectives of the ExoMars rover are designed to answer several key questions in the search for life on Mars. In particular, the unique subsurface drill will address some of these, such as the possible existence and stability of subsurface organics. PanCam will establish the surface geological and morphological context for the mission, working in collaboration with other context instruments. Here, we describe the PanCam scientific objectives in geology, atmospheric science, and 3-D vision. We discuss the design of PanCam, which includes a stereo pair of Wide Angle Cameras (WACs), each of which has an 11-position filter wheel and a High Resolution Camera (HRC) for high-resolution investigations of rock texture at a distance. The cameras and electronics are housed in an optical bench that provides the mechanical interface to the rover mast and a planetary protection barrier. The electronic interface is via the PanCam Interface Unit (PIU), and power conditioning is via a DC-DC converter. PanCam also includes a calibration target mounted on the rover deck for radiometric calibration, fiducial markers for geometric calibration, and a rover inspection mirror. Key Words: Mars—ExoMars—Instrumentation—Geology—Atmosphere—Exobiology—Context. Astrobiology 17, 511–541.

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The ADRON-RM Instrument Onboard the ExoMars Rover

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Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

Looking for life on Mars with the Rosalind Franklin rover: the PanCam instrument

The PanCam Instrument for the ExoMars Rover

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