session 3B

Title: Mars Exploration – Science, Instruments and Technologies
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 science, instruments and technologies for Mars missions including expected experiments. Papers on any aspects of the search for evidence or extinct Martian life, and forward and backward contamination are particularly welcome.
Date: 2017-09-27
Time: 14:45
Room: Hall N

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	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	EXOMARS 2020 MISSION: PROGRESS REPORT ON SAMPLE PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (SPDS) DEVELOPMENT	20	confirmed	Dr. Lutz Richter	OHB System AG	Germany
2	AMELIA: the ExoMars Entry, Descent and Landing Science.	20	withdrawn	Dr. Francesca Ferri	Università degli Studi di Padova	Italy
3	SEIS seismometer developments following the INSIGHT mission launch report	20	confirmed	Mr. Gabriel Pont	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)	France
4	Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Instruments Design, Operations, and Data	20	confirmed	Mr. Suhail AlDhafri	Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)	United Arab Emirates
5	Overview of the ChemCam Instrument Onboard the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover	20	withdrawn	Mr. Ryan Jackson	University of New Mexico (UNM)	United States
6	DEVELOPMENT OF A VERY DEMANDING SPECTROMETER FOR EXOMARS MISSION	20	confirmed	Mr. Juan F. Cabrero Gomez	ISDEFE/ESA	Spain
7	Spacecraft Contamination Control Challenges for Space Missions with Organic Compound Detection capabilities and for potential Sample Return	20	confirmed	Mr. Carlos Soares	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	United States
8	Design, development and qualification of a gas based dust removal tool for mars exploration missions	20	withdrawn	Dr. Elizabeth Jens	Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology	United States
9	The Median Mars Mission Using Impactors – Searching for Life on Mars	20	confirmed	Mr. Robert Brand	Private	Australia
10	Deployable aero-decelerator heatshield configurations to enable high-mass payloads at Mars	20	confirmed	Ms. Lisa Peacocke	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
11	Task Oriented Onboard Planning Approach for Mars Rovers	20	confirmed	Mr. Hao Jin	Beijing Institute of Technology	China
12	Canada's Space Exploration Rovers: GN&C Field Trial Results	20	confirmed	Dr. Joseph Nsasi Bakambu	MDA Space Missions	Canada
13	optic flow-based navigation system for planetary rovers	20	confirmed	Mr. Naoto Kobayashi	Kyushu University	Japan
14	Motigravity: a new VR system to increase the performance and safety in Mars mission	20	no-show	Dr. Irene Lia Schlacht	Politecnico di Milano	Italy

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