The Close-Up Imager Onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover: Objectives, Description, Operations, and Science Validation Activities

Josset, Jean-Luc; Westall, Francès; Hofmann, Beda A.; Spray, John G.; Cockell, Charles S.; Kempe, S.; Griffiths, Andrew D.; Sanctis, M. C. De; Colangeli, L.; Koschny, D.; Föllmi, Karl B.; Verrecchia, Éric P.; Diamond, Larryn W.; Josset, M.; Javaux, Emmanuelle; Esposito, F.; Gunn, Matthew; Souchon-Leitner, Audrey L.; Bontognali, Tomaso R. R.; Korablev, Oleg; Erkman, Suren; Paar, Gerhard; Ulamec, Stephan; Foucher, Frédéric; Martin, Philippe; Verhaeghe, A.; Tanevski, M.; Vago, Jorge L.

doi:10.1089/ast.2016.1546

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“…A particular emphasis is given to Methane and its origin. A potential biological origin would indicate the existence of long-extinct microbes or methane-producing organisms still active (Vago et al, 2017). An abiotic origin on the other hand, would have implications for the geochemical processes, atmospheric evolution and environmental conditions on early Mars (Chassefière et al, 2013; and Martian remanent magnetic field (Lasue et al, 2015).…”

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Geoscience for Understanding Habitability in the Solar System and Beyond

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This paper reviews habitability conditions for a terrestrial planet from the point of view of geosciences. It addresses how interactions between the interior of a planet or a moon and its atmosphere and surface (including hydrosphere and biosphere) can affect habitability of the celestial body. It does not consider in detail the role of the central star but focusses more on surface conditions capable of sustaining life. We deal with fundamental issues of planetary habitability, i.e. the environmental conditions capable of sustaining life, and the above-mentioned interactions can affect the habitability of the celestial body.We address some hotly debated questions including:-How do core and mantle affect the evolution and habitability of planets? -What are the consequences of mantle overturn on the evolution of the interior and atmosphere? -What is the role of the global carbon and water cycles? -What influence do comet and asteroid impacts exert on the evolution of the planet? -How does life interact with the evolution of the Earth's geosphere and atmosphere?-How can knowledge of the solar system geophysics and habitability be applied to exoplanets?In addition, we address the identification of preserved life tracers in the context of the interaction of life with planetary evolution.

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“…Allwood et al, 2013). Some of these lithologies are common on the early Earth, and may be relevant to Mars (Westall, 2008;Vago et al, 2017;McMahon et al, 2018).…”

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“…The instruments emulated were the stereo-panoramic/high resolution camera imaging suite 'PanCam' (Coates et al, 2017), the infrared spectroscopy instrument, 'ISEM' (Infrared Spectrometer for ExoMars; Korablev et al, 2017), the close-up imaging camera, 'CLUPI' (CLose UP Imager; Josset et al, 2017) and the Raman spectroscopy system (Rull et al, 2017) that is part of the ExoMars rover's Analytical Laboratory Drawer. In addition, the MURFI investigation could simulate ExoMars's drill capabilities.…”

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The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (MURFI)

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“…The ExoMars rover Pasteur payload (Barnes et al, ; Vago et al, ) contains a suite of nine instruments plus a subsurface drill, which will be used to address ExoMars' primary objective of detecting evidence of extinct life within subsurface deposits (McMahon et al, ; Vago et al, ). Among these are a number of imaging instruments, including the Panoramic Camera (PanCam) (Coates et al, ) and the CLose UP Imager (CLUPI) (Josset et al, ), with point hyperspectral data provided by the Infrared Spectrometer for ExoMars (ISEM) (Korablev et al, ). The ExoMars rover will be the first mission to combine imagers covering three different spatial scales (including stereo; Barnes et al, ) in combination with a point infrared spectrometer, in situ at the Martian surface.…”

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Multiscale and Multispectral Characterization of Mineralogy with the ExoMars 2022 Rover Remote Sensing Payload

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In 2020, the European Space Agency and Roscosmos will launch the ExoMars rover, with the scientific objective to detect evidence of life within the Martian surface via the deployment of a 2 m drill. The ExoMars Pasteur payload contains several imaging and spectroscopic instruments key to this objective: the Panoramic Camera (PanCam), Infrared Spectrometer for ExoMars (ISEM), and Close-UP Imager (CLUPI). These instruments are able to collect data at a variety of spatial (sub-mm to decimeter) and spectral (3.3 to 120 nm) resolutions across the 440 to 3,300 nm wavelength range and collectively will form a picture of the geological and morphological characteristics of the surface terrain surrounding the rover. We deployed emulators of this instrument suite at terrestrial analog sites that formed in a range of aqueous environments to test their ability to detect and characterize science targets. We find that the emulator suite is able to effectively detect, characterize, and refine the compositions of multiple targets at working distances spanning from 2 to 18 m. We report on (a) the detection of hydrothermal alteration minerals including Fe-smectites and gypsum from basaltic substrates, (b) the detection of late-stage diagenetic gypsum veins embedded in exposures of sedimentary mudstone, (c) multispectral evidence of compositional differences detected from fossiliferous mudstones, and (d) approaches to cross-referencing multi-scale and multi-resolution data. These findings aid in the development of data products and analysis toolkits in advance of the ExoMars rover mission.

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The Close-Up Imager Onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover: Objectives, Description, Operations, and Science Validation Activities

Cited by 48 publications

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Geoscience for Understanding Habitability in the Solar System and Beyond

Geoscience for Understanding Habitability in the Solar System and Beyond

The 2016 UK Space Agency Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation (MURFI)

Multiscale and Multispectral Characterization of Mineralogy with the ExoMars 2022 Rover Remote Sensing Payload

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