Beagle 2: A proposed ExoBiology Lander for ESA's 2003 Mars express mission

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3441, Issue , 1998, Pages 15-29

  Sims, M R ^a   Pillinger, C T ^b   Wright, I P ^b   Cole, R ^a   Whitehead, S ^a   Wells, A ^a   Wittmann, K ^c   Richter, L ^c   Kochan, H ^c   Hamacher, H ^c   Johnstone, A ^d   Rees, K ^d   Turner, R ^e,g   Peskett, S ^e   Brack, A ^f   Hobbs, J ^g   Berthoud, L ^g   Durrant, R ^g   Higgins, J ^g   Windsor, J ^g   Keller, H U ^h   Rosenbauer, H ^h   Thomas, N ^h   Lingard, J S ⁱ   Underwood, J C ⁱ   Neukum, G ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^g AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁱ Martin Baker Aircraft Co Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; ESA; Geochemistry; Isotopic composition; Lander; Mars; Mole; Organic chemistry; Rover; Space mission

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPOSITION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANETARY LANDERS; SAMPLING; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EXOBIOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LANDER SYSTEM DESIGN; LANDING SITE; MARS EXPRESS MISSION;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 0010635403     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.319840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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