Qualification of LEDs for cameras on NASA's Phoenix Mars lander

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7095, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Reynolds, Robert O ^a   Tanner, Roger D ^a   Albanna, Sarmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera; LED; Qualification; Radiation; Spacecraft; Testing

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; ELECTRIC LAMPS; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHTING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; NASA; PHOTONICS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; SPACECRAFT;

ILLUMINATION LEVELS; MARS LANDERS; NORTH POLAR REGIONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; POWER LEVELS; QUALIFICATION; RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS; RED , GREEN AND BLUE LEDS; TRUE COLORS;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 55549139079     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.806208     Document Type: Conference Paper

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