| タイトル | The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20140010169 |
| 著者（英） | Freissinet, Caroline; Glavin, Daniel P.; Feng, Steven; Errigo, Therese; Atreya, Sushil K.; Cascia, Mark; Carignan, Daniel; Franz, Heather; Dworkin, Jason P.; Mahaffy, Paul; Farley, Rodger; Bleacher, L.; Benna, Mehdi; Frazier, Gregory; Conrad, Pamela G.; Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.; Harpold, Daniel N.; Everson, Paula; Barciniak, Michael; Coll, Patrice; Arvey, Robert; Chalmers, Robert A.; Brinckerhoff, William B.; Cabane, M.; Webster, Chris R. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2012-04-27 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation of the Mars Science Laboratory(MSL) addresses the chemical and isotopic composition of the atmosphere and volatilesextracted from solid samples. The SAM investigation is designed to contribute substantiallyto the mission goal of quantitatively assessing the habitability of Mars as an essentialstep in the search for past or present life on Mars. SAM is a 40 kg instrument suite locatedin the interior of MSLs Curiosity rover. The SAM instruments are a quadrupole massspectrometer, a tunable laser spectrometer, and a 6-column gas chromatograph all coupledthrough solid and gas processing systems to provide complementary information on thesame samples. The SAM suite is able to measure a suite of light isotopes and to analyzevolatiles directly from the atmosphere or thermally released from solid samples. In additionto measurements of simple inorganic compounds and noble gases SAM will conducta sensitive search for organic compounds with either thermal or chemical extraction fromsieved samples delivered by the sample processing system on the Curiosity rovers roboticarm. |
| NASA分類 | Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration; Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry |
| レポートNO | GSFC-E-DAA-TN9067 |
| 権利 | Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright |
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