The Wet Chemistry Laboratory on the Phoenix Mars Lander performed aqueous chemical
analyses of martian soil from the polygon-patterned northern plains of the Vastitas Borealis …

This paper presents a review of the space exploration for life signature search with a special
focus on the fluorescence microscope we developed for the life signature search on Mars …

The ability to monitor and control plant nutrient ions in fertigation solutions, on an ion-
specific basis, is critical to the future of controlled environment agriculture crop production …

Isotopic studies indicate that natural perchlorate is produced on Earth in arid environments
by the oxidation of chlorine species through pathways involving ozone or its photochemical …

Cassini revealed that Saturn's Moon Enceladus hosts a subsurface ocean that meets the
accepted criteria for habitability with bio-essential elements and compounds, liquid water …

Abstract In 2008 the Phoenix Mars lander Wet Chemistry Laboratory (WCL) measured 0.6
wt% of perchlorate (ClO 4-) in the martian soil. A crucial question remaining unanswered is …

Chemical analyses of three Martian soil samples were performed using the Wet Chemistry
Laboratories on the 2007 Phoenix Mars Scout Lander. One soil sample was obtained from …

With advances in commercial space launch capabilities and reduced costs to orbit, humans
may arrive on Mars within a decade. Both to preserve any signs of past (and extant) martian …

NASA's Phoenix mission, which landed on the northern plains of Mars in 2008, returned
evidence of the perchlorate anion distributed evenly throughout the soil column at the …

The formation and stability of brines on the surface of present-day Mars remains an
important question to resolve the astrobiological potential of the red planet. Although …