Performance characteristics of the PAW instrumentation on Beagle 2 (The astrobiology lander on ESA's Mars express mission)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4859, Issue , 2002, Pages 32-44

  Sims, M R ^a   Pullan, D ^a   Fraser, G W ^a   Whitehead, S ^a   Sykes, J ^a   Holt, J ^a   Butcher, G ^a   Nelms, N ^a   Dowson, J ^a   Ross, D ^a   Bicknell, C ^a   Crocker, M ^a   Favill, B ^a   Wells, A ^a   Richter, L ^a   Kochan, H ^a   Hamacher, H ^a   Ratke, L ^b   Griffiths, A ^a   Coates, A ^c   Phillips, N ^d   Senior, A ^e   Zarnecki, J ^a   Towner, M C ^a   Leese, M R ^a   Patel, M ^f   Wilson, C ^h   Thomas, N ^a   Hviid, S ^g   Josset, J L ⁱ   Klingelhofer G ^a   Bernhardt, B ^j   Van Duijn, P ^k   Sims, G ^k   Yung, K L ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^e Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^f OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CSEM   (Switzerland)

^j DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^k Satellite Services BV   (Netherlands)

^l HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

more..

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Geochemistry; Instrumentation; Mars; Mars exploration; Mars express mission

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANETARY LANDERS; ROCKS;

ASTROBIOLOGY; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0038529867     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.457319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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