Performance of the dragonfly mass spectrometer (DraMS) programmable UV laser source engineering test unit (ETU)
Matthew W. Mullin,
D. Barry Coyle,
Paul R. Stysley
et al.
Abstract:NASA's Dragonfly mission will sample surface materials from multiple sites on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in exploration of prebiotic chemistry. We report on the performance of our short-pulsed UV laser transmitter, developed for the Dragonfly's on-board Mass Spectrometer (DraMS). Our engineering test unit (ETU) has completed flight qualification and demonstrated its operational science requirements, such that the final spaceflight unit build can begin. The Titan Hydrocarbon Analysis Nanosecond Optical Sourc… Show more
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