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A Sample Sifter for the Proposed Icebreaker Mars Mission

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: The Icebreaker mission proposes to land at the site where the Phoenix mission discovered an environment that is habitable for life in recent times [1], and search for biomarkers of life. The subsurface ice is expected at shallow depth (<10 cm below the surface)[2]. By drilling up to 1 m depth into the icy material, Icebreaker plans to sample ice that was warm during past high obliquity periods. Samples are analyzed for organics and biomolecules.

Source: NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Authors: D. Willson, Lawrence G. Lemke, C. Stoker, Arwen Davé, Christopher P. McKay

Institutions: KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, Ames Research Center, Wyle (United States)

Language: English

Topic: Planetary Science and Exploration

Subfield: Space and Planetary Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3093198049

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