2018 MAX-C/ExoMars Mission: The Orleans Mars-Analogue Rock Collection for Instrument Testing

Nicolas Bost (1, 2) , Francès Westall (2) , Claire Ramboz (1) , Frédéric Foucher (2) , D. Pullan (3) , I. Fleischer (4) , G. Klingelhöfer (4) , A. Steele (5) , H. Amundsen (6) , M. Viso (7) , J. L. Vago (8) , T. Zegers (9) , S. Petit (10) , A. Meunier (10)

1 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans
2 CBM - Centre de biophysique moléculaire
3 Space Research Centre [Leicester]
4 Inst. Anorganische und Analytische Chemie
5 Geophysical Laboratory [Carnegie Institution]
6 PGP - Physics of Geological Processes [Oslo]
7 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
8 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
9 Faculty of Geosciences [Utrecht]
10 IC2MP - Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers

In order to reply to the exobiological goals of the 2018 MAX-C/ExoMars mission, the Orléans-OSUC analogue rock collection and database contains well characterised Mars analogue rocks and minerals for use in instrument testing and in situ missions.

Domains: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]

Nicolas Bost, Francès Westall, Claire Ramboz, Frédéric Foucher, D. Pullan, et al.. 2018 MAX-C/ExoMars Mission: The Orleans Mars-Analogue Rock Collection for Instrument Testing. 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2011, The Woodlands, United States. pp.1347. ⟨insu-00839575⟩