Exobiology payloads for European Mars missions
- Paper number
IAC-06-A3.3.08
- Author
Dr. Peter Hofmann, Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Wolfgang Schulte, Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Ralf Heise-Rotenburg, Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Philipp Reissaus, Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany
- Coauthor
Mr. Hans Thiele, Kayser-Threde GmbH, Germany
- Year
2006
- Abstract
At present Europe is preparing for ExoMars, the first European-led Mars Exploration Rover Mission. This mission will search for traces of past and present life and investigate the Mars environment and geophysical properties. In preparation for ExoMars, Kayser-Threde has already performed a number of studies for Exobiology Research in the frame of "European" Mars Missions. These include
- Development of pre-cursor payloads for Exobiology research in low earth orbit (BIOPAN on FOTON, EXPOSE-R on Columbus and on the Russian Segment)
- Exobiology Multi-user Facility (Phase A Study, ESA,1999-2000)
- ExoMars Rover PASTEUR Payload (Phase A Study, ESA, 2004-2005)
In summer 2006 these tasks will be continued in the frame of the ESA ExoMars Phase B2 study, where Kayser-Threde assumes to be involved. Topics to be studied for the PASTEUR payload are the analytic integration of the instruments, payload support equipment and a sample preparation and distribution system which prepares the samples from the drill for physio-chemical analyses and transfers them to the various analytical devices. In parallel to system tasks other activities currently undertaken concern the development of PASTEUR scientific instruments. Based on national German funding, Kayser-Threde presently studies and breadboards a RAMAN/LIBS/Microscope instrument and will presumably be involved in a Life Marker Chip instrument study. The recent status from the industrial perspective of Kayser-Threde of PASTEUR and RAMAN/LIBS/Microscope developments will be presented.
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