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T1 Spectroscopic study of terrestrial analogues to support rover missions to Mars – a Raman-centred review
A1 Rull Pérez, Fernando
A1 Veneranda, Marco
A1 Manrique Martínez, José Antonio
A1 Sanz Arranz, Aurelio
A1 Sáiz, Jesús
A1 Medina García, Jesús
A1 Moral Inza, Andoni Gaizka
A1 Pérez Canora, Carlos
A1 Seoane, Laura
A1 Lalla, Emmanuel Alexis
A1 Charro Huerga, María Elena
A1 López Rodríguez, José Manuel
A1 Nieto Calzada, Luis Miguel
A1 López Reyes, Guillermo Eduardo
K1 Terrestrial Analogues
K1 Análogos a la Tierra
K1 Planetary explorations
K1 Exploraciones planetarias
K1 Raman spectroscopy
K1 Espectroscopia Raman
K1 Mars 2020
K1 ExoMars
AB The 2020s could be called, with little doubt, the "Mars decade". No other period in space exploration history has experienced such interest in placing orbiters, rovers and landers on the Red Planet. In 2021 alone, the Emirates' first Mars Mission (the Hope orbiter), the Chinese Tianwen-1 mission (orbiter, lander and rover), and NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover reached Mars. The ExoMars mission Rosalind Franklin rover is scheduled for launch in 2022. Beyond that, several other missions are proposed or under development. Among these, MMX to Phobos and the very important Mars Sample Return can be cited. One of the key mission objectives of the Mars 2020 and ExoMars 2022 missions is the detection of traces of potential past or present life. This detection relies to a great extent on the analytical results provided by complementary spectroscopic techniques. The development of these novel instruments has been carried out in step with the analytical study of terrestrial analogue sites and materials, which serve to test the scientific capabilities of spectroscopic prototypes while providing crucial information to better understand the geological processes that could have occurred on Mars. Being directly involved in the development of three of the first Raman spectrometers to be validated for space exploration missions (Mars 2020/SuperCam, ExoMars/RLS and RAX/MMX), the present review summarizes some of the most relevant spectroscopy-based analyses of terrestrial analogues carried out over the past two decades. Therefore, the present work describes the analytical results gathered from the study of some of the most distinctive terrestrial analogues of Martian geological contexts, as well as the lessons learned mainly from ExoMars mission simulations conducted at representative analogue sites. Learning from the experience gained in the described studies, a general overview of the scientific outcome expected from the spectroscopic system developed for current and forthcoming planetary missions is provided.
PB Elsevier
SN 0003-2670
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48447
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48447
LA eng
NO Analytica Chimica Acta, 2021, In Press, 339003
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-abr-2024