Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover
- Vago, Jorge L.
- Westall, Frances
- Coates, Andrew J.
- Jaumann, Ralf
- Korablev, Oleg
- Ciarletti, Valérie
- Mitrofanov, Igor
- Josset, Jean-Luc
- de Sanctis, Maria Cristina
- Bibring, Jean-Pierre
- Rull, Fernando
- Goesmann, Fred
- Steininger, Harald
- Goetz, Walter
- Brinckerhoff, William
- Szopa, Cyril
- Raulin, François
- G.M. Edwards, Howell
- Whyte, Lyle G.
- Fairen, Alberto G.
- Bridges, John
- Hauber, Ernst
- Ori, Gian Gabriele
- Werner, Stephanie
- Loizeau, Damien
- Kuzmin, Ruslan O.
- Williams, Rebecca M. E.
- Flahaut, Jessica
- Forget, Francois,
- Rodionov, Daniel
- Svedhem, Håkan
- Sefton-Nash, Elliot
- Kminek, Gerhard
- Lorenzoni, Leila
- Joudrier, Luc
- Mikhailov, Viktor
- Zashchirinskiy, Alexander
- Alexashkin, Sergei
- Calantropio, Fabio
- Merlo, Andrea
- Poulakis, Pantelis
- Witasse, Olivier
- Bayle, Olivier
- Bayón, Silvia
- Meierhenrich, Uwe J.
- Carter, John
- García-Ruiz, Juan Manuel
- Baglioni, Pietro
- Haldemann, Albert
- Ball, Andrew J.
- Debus, André
- Lindner, Robert
- Haessig, Frédéric
- Monteiro, David
- Trautner, Roland
- Voland, Christoph
- Rebeyre, Pierre
- Goulty, Duncan
- Didot, Frédéric
- Durrant, Stephen
- Zekri, Eric
- Koschny, Detlef
- Toni, Andrea
- Visentin, Gianfranco
- Zwick, Martin
- van Winnendael, Michel
- Azkarate, Martín
- Carreau, Christophe
DOIAbstract
International audienceThe second ExoMars mission will be launched in 2020 to target an ancient location interpreted to have strong potential for past habitability and for preserving physical and chemical biosignatures (as well as abiotic/prebiotic organics). The mission will deliver a lander with instruments for atmospheric and geophysical investigations and a rover tasked with searching for signs of extinct life. The ExoMars rover will be equipped with a drill to collect material from outcrops and at depth down to 2 m. This subsurface sampling capability will provide the best chance yet to gain access to chemical biosignatures. Using the powerful Pasteur payload instruments, the ExoMars science team will conduct a holistic search for trace...
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