The SuperCam instrument suite provides the Mars 2020 rover, Perseverance, with a number
of versatile remote-sensing techniques that can be used at long distance as well as within …

The search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in our Solar System is currently guided by our
understanding of terrestrial biology and its associated biosignatures. The observed …

Abstract The Lucy Mission is a NASA Discovery-class mission to send a highly capable and
robust spacecraft to investigate seven primitive bodies near both the L 4 and L 5 Lagrange …

INTRODUCTION Carbonaceous asteroids formed early in Solar System history and
experienced varying degrees of aqueous (water-rock) and thermal alteration. Most models …

INTRODUCTION Owing to their low reflectance and spectral similarity to primitive
carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, C-complex asteroids are thought to contain carbon …

While grounded in the hard sciences of physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well
as well-accepted principles in the life sciences, astrobiology remains the most speculative of …

The surface and internal structure of Ceres show evidence of a global process of aqueous
alteration, indicating the existence of an ocean in the past. However, it is not clear whether …

As we aim to expand human presence in space, we need to find viable approaches to
achieve independence from terrestrial resources. Space biomining of the Moon, Mars and …

Abstract The OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) is a point spectrometer
covering the spectral range of 0.4 to 4.3 microns (25,000–2300 cm− 1). Its primary purpose …

Liquid water oceans are now predicted to exist beneath the icy shells of numerous worlds in
the outer solar system. These ocean worlds are prime targets in our search for evidence of …