Automated core sample handling for future Mars drill missions

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 603, 2005, Pages 211-218

  Winterholler, Alois ^a   Roman, Matt ^a   Miller, David P ^a   Krause, Jörg ^a   Hunt, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars drill; Sample handling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DRILLING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS;

AUTOMATED CORE SAMPLE HANDLING; DRILL MISSIONS; SUB-SAMPLING CORES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 28744456298     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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