Collecting samples in Gale crater, Mars; An overview of the Mars Science Laboratory sample acquisition, sample processing and handling system

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 170, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 57-75

  Anderson, R C ^a   Jandura, L ^a   Okon, A B ^a   Sunshine, D ^a   Roumeliotis, C ^a   Beegle, L W ^a   Hurowitz, J ^a   Kennedy, B ^a   Limonadi, D ^a   McCloskey, S ^a   Robinson, M ^a   Seybold, C ^a   Brown, K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars science laboratory; Sample acquisition; Sample processing and handling system

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SCIENCE; CHEMCAM; CONTACT INSTRUMENTS; DUST PARTICLE; DUST REMOVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FINE PARTICLES; GEOLOGIC HISTORY; HANDLING SYSTEMS; IN-SITU; LANDING SITE; MARS INSTRUMENT; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY; MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY MISSIONS; MARTIAN REGOLITH; MARTIAN SURFACE; MICRO-IMAGING; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ROCK SURFACES; SAMPLE ACQUISITION; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SCIENTIFIC PAYLOADS; SOIL SAMPLE; VISUAL INSPECTION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ROCKS;

IN SITU PROCESSING;

EID: 84866740049     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-012-9898-9     Document Type: Article

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