Present-day thermal and water activity environment of the Mars Sample Return collection

Present-day thermal and water activity environment of the Mars Sample Return collection

Abstract The Mars Sample Return mission intends to retrieve a sealed collection of rocks, regolith, and atmosphere sampled from Jezero Crater, Mars, by the NASA Perseverance rover mission. For all life-related research, it is necessary to evaluate water availability in the samples and on Mars. Withi...

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Main Authors: Maria-Paz Zorzano, Germán Martínez, Jouni Polkko, Leslie K. Tamppari, Claire Newman, Hannu Savijärvi, Yulia Goreva, Daniel Viúdez-Moreiras, Tanguy Bertrand, Michael Smith, Elisabeth M. Hausrath, Sandra Siljeström, Kathleen Benison, Tanja Bosak, Andrew D. Czaja, Vinciane Debaille, Christopher D. K. Herd, Lisa Mayhew, Mark A. Sephton, David Shuster, Justin I. Simon, Benjamin Weiss, Nicolas Randazzo, Lucia Mandon, Adrian Brown, Michael H. Hecht, Jesús Martínez-Frías
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Mars sample return
Water activity
Temperature
Habitability
Jezero
Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57458-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57458-4

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