The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Science Objectives and Mast Unit Description
- MAURICE, S.
- WIENS, R. C.
- SACCOCCIO, M.
- BARRACLOUGH, B.
- GASNAULT, O.
- FORNI, O.
- MANGOLD, N.
- BARATOUX, David
- BENDER, S.
- BERGER, G.
- BERNARDIN, J.
- BERTHÉ, M.
- BRIDGES, N.
- BLANEY, D.
- BOUYÉ, M.
- CAIS, Ph.
- CLARK, B.
- CLEGG, S.
- COUSIN, A.
- CREMERS, D.
- CROS, A.
- DEFLORES, L.
- DERYCKE, C.
- DINGLER, B.
- DROMART, G.
- DUBOIS, B.
- DUPIEUX, M.
- DURAND, E.
- D'USTON, L.
- FABRE, C.
- FAURE, Jean-Baptiste
- GABORIAUD, A.
- GHARSA, T.
- HERKENHOFF, K.
- KAN, E.
- KIRKLAND, L.
- KOUACH, D.
- LACOUR, J.-L.
- LANGEVIN, Y.
- LASUE, Jérémie
- LE MOUÉLIC, S.
- LESCURE, M.
- LEWIN, E.
- LIMONADI, D.
- MANHÈS, G.
- MAUCHIEN, P.
- MCKAY, C.
- MESLIN, P.-Y.
- MICHEL, Y.
- MILLER, E.
- NEWSOM, H. E.
- ORTTNER, G.
- PAILLET, A.
- PARÈS, L.
- PAROT, Y.
- PÉREZ, R.
- PINET, P.
- POITRASSON, F.
- QUERTIER, Benjamin
- SALLÉ, B.
- SOTIN, C.
- SAUTTER, V.
- SÉRAN, H.
- SIMMONDS, J. J.
- SIRVEN, J.-B.
- STIGLICH, R.
- STRIEBIG, N.
- THOCAVEN, J.-J.
- TOPLIS, M. J.
- VANIMAN, D.
DOIAbstract
ChemCam is a remote sensing instrument suite on board the "Curiosity" rover (NASA) that uses Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to provide the elemental composition of soils and rocks at the surface of Mars from a distance of 1.3 to 7 m, and a telescopic imager to return high resolution context and micro-images at distances greater than 1.16 m. We describe five analytical capabilities: rock classification, quantitative composition, depth profiling, context imaging, and passive spectroscopy. They serve as a toolbox to address most of the science questions at Gale crater. ChemCam consists of a Mast-Unit (laser, telescope, camera, and electronics) and a Body-Unit (spectrometers, digital processing unit, and optical demultiplexer), whi...
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