Perseverance's scanning habitable environments with Raman and luminescence for organics and chemicals (SHERLOC) investigation

R Bhartia, LW Beegle, L DeFlores, W Abbey… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for
Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) is a robotic arm-mounted instrument on NASA's …

Space as a tool for astrobiology: review and recommendations for experimentations in Earth orbit and beyond

H Cottin, JM Kotler, D Billi, C Cockell, R Demets… - Space Science …, 2017 - Springer
The space environment is regularly used for experiments addressing astrobiology research
goals. The specific conditions prevailing in Earth orbit and beyond, notably the radiative …

Abundance and isotopic composition of gases in the Martian atmosphere from the Curiosity rover

PR Mahaffy, CR Webster, SK Atreya, H Franz, M Wong… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Volume mixing and isotope ratios secured with repeated atmospheric measurements taken
with the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite on the Curiosity rover are: carbon dioxide …

Unique meteorite from early Amazonian Mars: Water-rich basaltic breccia Northwest Africa 7034

CB Agee, NV Wilson, FM McCubbin, K Ziegler… - Science, 2013 - science.org
We report data on the martian meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, which shares some
petrologic and geochemical characteristics with known martian meteorites of the SNC (ie …

In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars

V Sautter, MJ Toplis, RC Wiens, A Cousin, C Fabre… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Understanding of the geologic evolution of Mars has been greatly improved by recent
orbital,,, in situ, and meteorite,, data, but insights into the earliest period of Martian …

Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars

JC Stern, B Sutter, C Freissinet… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Curiosity rover has detected oxidized nitrogen-bearing compounds during pyrolysis of …

Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

M Humayun, A Nemchin, B Zanda, RH Hewins… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The ancient cratered terrain of the southern highlands of Mars is thought to hold clues to the
planet's early differentiation,, but until now no meteoritic regolith breccias have been …

Origins of volatile elements (H, C, N, noble gases) on Earth and Mars in light of recent results from the ROSETTA cometary mission

B Marty, G Avice, Y Sano, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent measurements of the volatile composition of the coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov–
Gerasimenko (hereafter 67P) allow constraints to be set on the origin of volatile elements …

Evidence of martian perchlorate, chlorate, and nitrate in Mars meteorite EETA79001: Implications for oxidants and organics

SP Kounaves, BL Carrier, GD O'Neil, ST Stroble… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
The results from the Viking mission in the mid 1970s provided evidence that the martian
surface contained oxidants responsible for destroying organic compounds. In 2008 the …

The petrochemistry of Jake_M: A Martian mugearite

EM Stolper, MB Baker, ME Newcombe, ME Schmidt… - science, 2013 - science.org
“Jake_M,” the first rock analyzed by the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument on the
Curiosity rover, differs substantially in chemical composition from other known martian …