Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Investigation: Overview of Results from the First 120 Sols on Mars
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: During the first 120 sols of Curiosity s landed mission on Mars (8/6/2012 to 12/7/2012) SAM sampled the atmosphere 9 times and an eolian bedform named Rocknest 4 times. The atmospheric experiments utilized SAM s quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) and tunable laser spectrometer (TLS) while the solid sample experiments also utilized the gas chromatograph (GC). Although a number of core experiments were pre-programmed and stored in EEProm, a high level SAM scripting language enabled the team to optimize experiments based on prior runs.
Authors: Mahaffy, Paul, R., Cabane, Michel, Webster, C., R., Archer, P., D., Atreya, S., K., Benna, M., Brinckerhoff, W., B., Brunner, A., E., Buch, A., Coll, Patrice, Conrad, P., G., Coscia, David, Dobson, N., Dworkin, J., P., Eigenbrode, J., L., Farley, K., A., Flesch, G., Franz, H., B., Freissinet, Caroline, Glavin, Daniel, P., Gorevan, S., Grotzinger, J., P., Harpold, D., N., Hengemihle, J., Jaeger, F., Johnson, C., S., Johnson, M., S., Jones, J., H., Lefavor, M., C., Leshin, L., A., Lyness, E., I., Malespin, C., A., Manning, H., L., Martin, D., K., Mcadam, A., C., Mckay, C., P., Miller, K., Ming, D., W., Morris, R., V., Navarro-González, R., Niles, P., B., Nolan, T., J., Owen, T., C., Pavolov, A., A., Prats, B., D., Pepin, R., O., Raaen, E., Raulin, François, Steele, A., Stern, J., C., Squyres, S., W., Sutter, B., Summons, R., E., Sumner, D., Y., Szopa, Cyril, Tan, F., W., Teinturier, Samuel, Trainer, M., G., Wong, M., H., Wray, J., J.
Institutions: Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, University of Michigan, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux, Université Paris-Est Créteil, Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, Honeybee Robotics (United States), California Institute of Technology, Concordia College - Minnesota, Ames Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Minnesota, Carnegie Institution for Science, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Space and Planetary Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W76577438