Development and testing of subsurface sampling devices for the Beagle 2 lander

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 903-913

  Richter, L ^a   Coste, P ^b   Gromov, V ^c   Kochan, H ^a   Nadalini, R ^d   Ng, T C ^e   Pinna, S ^f   Richter, H E ^a   Yung, K L ^g  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c VNIITRANSMASH   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e Room 1605 Medical Floor Island Centre 1 Great George St Hong Kong   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Beagle 2; Lander; Mars; Rock; Sampling device; Soil

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; METEORITES; SOILS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MARTIAN SOILS;

PLANETARY LANDERS;

EID: 0036701534     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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