MOMA: The Challenge to Search for Organics and Biosignatures on Mars

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MOMA: The Challenge to Search for Organics and Biosignatures on Mars

External Online Source:

doi:10.1017/S1473550416000227

Author and Affiliation:

Goetz, Walter	(Max Planck Inst. for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany)
Brinckerhoff, W. B.	(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Arevalo, R., Jr.	(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Freissinet, C.	(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Getty, S.	(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Glavin, D. P.	(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Siljestroem, S.	(SP Technical Research Inst. of Sweden, Boras, Sweden)
Buch, A.	(Ecole Centrale Paris, Chatenay-Malabry, France)
Stalport, F.	(Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systems Atmospheriques (LISA)), Creteil Cedex, France)
Grubisic, A.	(Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, United States)

Abstract:

This paper describes strategies to search for, detect, and identify organic material on the surface and subsurface of Mars. The strategies described include those applied by landed missions in the past and those that will be applied in the future. The value and role of ESA's ExoMars rover and of her key science instrument Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) are critically assessed.

Publication Date:

Jul 13, 2016

Document ID:

20170011575

(Acquired Dec 15, 2017)

Subject Category:

LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION

Report/Patent Number:

GSFC-E-DAA-TN40778

Document Type:

Journal Article

Publication Information:

International Journal of Astrobiology (ISSN 1473-5504; e-ISSN 1574-3006); Volume 15; Issue 3; 239–250

Contract/Grant/Task Num:

NNG06EO90A

Financial Sponsor:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, MD, United States

Organization Source:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Greenbelt, MD, United States

Description:

12p; In English

Distribution Limits:

Unclassified; Publicly available; Unlimited

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NASA Terms:

ORGANIC MATERIALS; MARS SURFACE; BIOMARKERS; EXOBIOLOGY; VIKING LANDER 1; VIKING LANDER 2; MARS ROVING VEHICLES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; PYROLYSIS; MARS SURFACE SAMPLES; PLANETARY CRATERS

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