Vago, JL;
Westall, F;
Coates, AJ;
Jaumann, R;
Korablev, O;
Ciarletti, V;
Mitrofanov, I;
... Carreau, C; + view all
(2017)
Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover.
Astrobiology
, 17
(6-7)
pp. 471-510.
10.1089/ast.2016.1533.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1089/ast.2016.1533 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1533 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © Jorge L. Vago et al., 2017; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
| Keywords: | Biosignature; ExoMars; Landing sites; Mars rover; Search for life |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1567785 |
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