Human Robotic Partnership Investigations during ILEWG EuroMoonMars Simulation Campaigns 2016-2018
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IAC-18,B3,6-A5.3,10,x48252
- Author
Prof. Bernard Foing, The Netherlands, ESA/ESTEC, ILEWG & VU Amsterdam
- Coauthor
Dr. Agata Kolodziejczyk, Poland, Astronomia Nova Society, for Science Foundation
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Dr. Christiane Heinicke, Germany, ZARM, University of Bremen
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Ms. Germaine van der Sanden, The Netherlands, ESA - European Space Agency
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Mr. Sebastian Hettrich, Germany, German Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Austrian Space Forum
- Year
2018
- Abstract
The aim of the ILEWG EuroMoonMars campaigns in 2016-2018 was to test human robotic partnerships and operations with remotely controlled experiments and simulating the interaction with astronauts. In this campaign a lander was used to conduct experiments and in situ geological scientific analysis of samples, with a teleoperated rover and UV-VIS reflectance spectrometer. Moon-Mars analogue missions using the ESA/ILEWG ExoGeoLab lander project were conducted during Eifel field campaigns in 2009, 2015 and 2016 (Foing et al., 2010; Kamps et al., 2016). The Eifel region in Germany where the experiments with the ExoGeoLab lander were conducted is Moon-Mars analogue due to its geological setting and volcanic rock composition. The 2017 and 2018 campaigns were demonstrated first at ESTEC during specific workshops and hands-on demo and simulations sessions. Simulations in extreme conditions were performed in 2017-2018 at LunAres base in Poland. The research conducted by analysis equipment on the lander could function in support of Moon-Mars sample return missions, by providing preliminary insight into characteristics of the analyzed samples. The set-up of the prototype lander had cameras and UV-VIS reflectance spectrometer together with computers and a sample webcam were situated in the middle compartment and to the side a sample analysis test bench was attached, attainable by astronauts from outside the lander. Locations of suitable sampling sites were communicated to the astronauts, before being acquired during simulated EVAs. Sampled rocks and soils were transported by the rover or by astronauts and remotely analyzed by the base control center, while the astronauts assisted by placing the samples onto the sample holder and adjusting test bench settings in order to obtain spectra. After analysis the collected samples were documented and stored by the astronauts, before returning to the base. We thank ILEWG EuroMoonMars 2016-2018 campaigns teams.
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