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    Title

    Mars Exploration – missions current and future

    type

    oral

    Description

    The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover current results from ongoing Mars missions and the designs for proposed Mars missions including expected experiments. Papers on any aspects of the search for evidence of extant or extinct Martian life, and forward and backward contamination are particularly welcome.

    Date

    2015-10-14

    Time

    09:45

    Room

    Schwartz Hall (ICC, lower level)

    IPC members
    • Co-Chair: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;

    • Co-Chair: Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

    • Rapporteur: Mrs. Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Cheryl L.B. Reed, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    09:45

    An Overview of the current status of NASA’s 2016 InSight Mission to Mars

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Ramon P. De Paula

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    United States

    2

    10:00

    EXOMARS 2016 MISSION EDL DEMONSTRATOR MODULE TECHNOLOGIES, SCIENCE OPPORTUNITY AND PLANETARY PROTECTION IMPLEMENTATION

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Maurizio Capuano

    Thales Alenia Space Italia

    Italy

    3

    10:15

    Japan’s Mars Rover Mission for EDL Demonstration and Life Search

    15'

    confirmed

    Dr. Kazuhisa FUJITA

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

    Japan

    5

    10:30

    THE ESA MARS ROBOTIC EXPLORATION PREPARATION PROGRAM: STATUS AND PERSPECTIVES

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Denis REBUFFAT

    ESA

    The Netherlands

    6

    10:45

    Possible Mars Exploration Architectures for the 2020’s

    15'

    withdrawn

    Mr. Steve Matousek

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory

    United States

    7

    11:00

    The Role of Mars Analogue environments on Earth in the interpretation of data from the past, present and future missions

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Enrico Flamini

    Italian Space Agency (ASI)

    Italy

    8

    11:15

    Astrobiology and geochemistry from Mars terrestrial analogues: field measurements and analysis of returned samples

    15'

    confirmed

    Prof. Bernard Foing

    European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC)

    The Netherlands

    9

    11:30

    Photogeological study of Mars features using Mars Color Camera onboard Mars Orbiter Mission and other data.

    15'

    confirmed

    Mrs. Prabhjot Kaur

    Space Applications Centre (ISRO)

    India

    10

    11:45

    Phootprint: Phobos Sample Return Mission

    15'

    withdrawn

    Dr. Maria Antonietta Perino

    Thales Alenia Space Italia

    Italy

    11

    12:00

    orbit design for the martian moon impact mission

    15'

    confirmed

    Mr. Lei Lan

    Tsinghua University

    China

    12

    12:15

    ARMONIA: feasibility study on aerobots in martian atmosphere to enhance science return

    15'

    no-show

    Prof. Michèle Lavagna

    Politecnico di Milano

    Italy