session 3B

Title: Mars Exploration – Science, Instruments and Technologies
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: 2023-10-04
Time: 15:00
Room: BCC B3

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	15:00	MicroLIBS: A Micro-Scale Elemental Analyzer for Mars and the Moon	13	confirmed	Mr. Charles Yana	Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)	France
2	15:13	Improving spectral quality in SuperCam LIBS analysis through laser focusing optimization	13	confirmed	Ms. Uma Cladellas Sanjuan	International Space University (ISU)	Spain
3	15:26	MEMS based mass spectrometer	13	confirmed	Dr. Piotr Szyszka	Wroclaw University of Science and Technology	Poland
4	15:39	The efficient self-adaptive SNR estimation method with minimal resource cost for Mars exploration	13	confirmed	Mr. Jia Tian	China Academy of Space Technology (Xi’an)	China
5	15:52	Hydrated minerals in Gale crater on Mars: joint analysis of orbital and surface data	13	confirmed	Ms. Maya Djachkova	Space Research Institute (IKI), RAS	Russian Federation
6	16:05	Diurnal Variation on Mars: Characterizing Changes in Aerosol Concentrations, Surface Temperature, and CO2 Absorptions – Comparison with Emirates Mars Mission and Curiosity Rover	13	confirmed	Mr. Sarath Raj Nadarajan Syamala	Amity University, Dubai	United Arab Emirates
7	16:18	A comprehensive ground-level map of Mars crustal magnetism gathered by a swarm of wind-driven surface exploration mobile impactors	13	confirmed	Mr. Luka Pikulić	Team Tumbleweed	The Netherlands
8	16:31	Roving with the buzzards: a TRL5 autonomy marathon	13	confirmed	Mr. Róbert Marc	Airbus Defence and Space	United Kingdom
9	16:44	Synthesis of new lunar parallel structure robotic rowers	13	confirmed	Mr. Nadir Atayev	Azercosmos, Space Agency of Republic of Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
10	16:57	Enabling In-Situ Resources Utilisation by leveraging collaborative robotics and astronaut-robot interaction	13	confirmed	Mr. Fernando Gandia	GMV Aerospace & Defence SAU	Spain
11	17:10	Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer's (EMUS) observation of the Martian Thermosphere	13	confirmed	Ms. DEEPTHA GIRIDHAR	R V College of Engineering, Bengaluru	India

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