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Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Investigation: Overview of Results from the First 120 Sols on MarsDuring 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.
Document ID
20130009709
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mahaffy, P. R. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cabane, M. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, France)
Webster, C. R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Archer, P. D. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Atreya, S. K. (Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Benna, M. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Brinckerhoff, W. B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Brunner, A. E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Buch, A. (Ecole Centrale de Paris Paris, France)
Coll, P. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, France)
Conrad, P. G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Coscia, D. (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris, France)
Dobson, N. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Dworkin, J. P. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Eigenbrode, J. L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Farley, K. A. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Flesch, G. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Franz, H. B. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Freissinet, C. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gorevan, S. (Honeybee Robotics, Inc. New York, NY, United States)
Glavin, D. P. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Grotzinger, J. P. (California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Harpold, D. N. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hengemihle, J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Jaeger, F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
March 18, 2013
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-27928
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Location: The Woodlands, TX
Country: United States
Start Date: March 18, 2013
End Date: March 22, 2013
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Inst.
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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