Publication Date:
2019-07-10
Description:
The Mars Surveyor program requires tools for martian surface exploration, including remote sensing, in-situ sensing, and sample collection. The Athena Mars rover payload is a suite of scientific instruments and sample collection tools designed to: (1) Provide color stereo imaging of martian surface environments, and remotely-sensed point discrimination of mineralogical composition; (2) Determine the elemental and mineralogical composition of martian surface materials; (3) Determine the fine-scale textural properties of these materials; and (4) Collect and store samples. The Athena payload is designed to be implemented on a long-range rover such as the one now under consideration for the 2003 Mars opportunity. The payload is at a high state of maturity, and most of the instruments have now been built for flight.
Keywords:
Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Type:
JSC-CN-6410
,
Concepts and Approaches for Mars Exploration; Part 2; 289-290; LPI-Contrib-1062-Pt-2
Format:
text
