A Mission Simulating the Search for Life on Mars with Automated Drilling, Sample Handling, and Life Detection Instruments Performed in the Hyperarid Core of the Atacama Desert, Chile.
Analog field experiment
Atacama Desert
Drilling
Life detection instruments
Mars
Journal
Astrobiology
ISSN: 1557-8070
Titre abrégé: Astrobiology
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101088083
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Oct 2023
19 Oct 2023
Historique:
medline:
19
10
2023
pubmed:
19
10
2023
entrez:
19
10
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
We report on a field demonstration of a rover-based drilling mission to search for biomolecular evidence of life in the arid core of the Atacama Desert, Chile. The KREX2 rover carried the Honeybee Robotics 1 m depth The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploration of New Terrains (TRIDENT) drill and a robotic arm with scoop that delivered subsurface fines to three flight prototype instruments: (1) The Signs of Life Detector (SOLID), a protein and biomolecule analyzer based on fluorescence sandwich microarray immunoassay; (2) the Planetary
Identifiants
pubmed: 37856168
doi: 10.1089/ast.2022.0055
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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