Ma_MISS ON EXOMARS ROVER: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MARTIAN SUB-SURFACE

M. C. de Sanctis (1) , F. Altieri (1) , E. Ammannito (2) , S. de Angelis (1) , M. Ferrari (1) , S. Fonte (1) , M. Formisano (1) , A. Frigeri (1) , M. Giardino (2) , R. Mugnuolo (1) , S. Pirrotta (2) , T. Di Iorio (3) , F. Capaccioni (1) , M. T. Capria (1) , Valérie Ciarletti (4) , B. Elhamnn (5) , M. Lavagna (6) , A. Ercoli Finzi (6) , C. Federico (1) , G. Magni (1) , G. Piccioni (1) , F Westall (7) , K. Stephan (8) , C. Cousin (9) , Jean-Pierre Bibring (10)

1 IAPS - Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali - INAF
2 Italian Space Agency
3 ENEA - Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove Tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile = Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
4 PLANETO - LATMOS
5 CALTECH - California Institute of Technology
6 POLIMI - Politecnico di Milano [Milan]
7 CBM - Centre de biophysique moléculaire
8 DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt
9 University of St Andrews [Scotland]
10 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale

The main goal of the Ma_MISS instrument is to study the Martian sub-surface environment. Access to the Martian subsurface is crucial to constrain nature, timing and duration of alteration and sedimentation processes on Mars, as well as habitability conditions. Subsurface deposits likely host and preserve water ice and hydrated materials diagnostic for understanding the water geochemical environment (both in the liquid and solid state) at the landing site.

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

M. C. de Sanctis, F. Altieri, E. Ammannito, S. de Angelis, M. Ferrari, et al.. Ma_MISS ON EXOMARS ROVER: THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MARTIAN SUB-SURFACE. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2021, Virtual Meeting, United States. pp.LPI Contribution No. 2548, id.1887. ⟨insu-03195113⟩