131 results on '"Paulsen, Gale"'
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2. Red Dragon drill missions to Mars
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Heldmann, Jennifer L., Stoker, Carol R., Gonzales, Andrew, McKay, Christopher P., Davila, Alfonso, Glass, Brian J., Lemke, Larry L., Paulsen, Gale, Willson, David, and Zacny, Kris
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- 2017
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3. In situ microbial and organic detection in glacial ice using an instrumented drill: field testing at Summit Station, Greenland as an analog to the icy crusts of the Ocean Worlds
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Malaska, Michael J, Bhartia, Rohit, Manatt, Kenneth S, Priscu, John C, Abbey, William J, Beegle, Luther, Nordman, Daniel, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, Palmowski, Joseph, Paulsen, Gale L, Zacny, Kris, Eshelman, Evan J, and D’Andrilli, Juliana
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- 2021
4. In situ microbial and organic detection in glacial ice using an instrumented drill: field testing at Summit Station, Greenland as an analog to the icy crusts of the Ocean Worlds
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D’Andrilli, Juliana, Eshelman, Evan J, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale L, Palmowski, Joseph, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, Nordman, Daniel, Beegle, Luther, Abbey, William J, Priscu, John C, Manatt, Kenneth S, Bhartia, Rohit, and Malaska, Michael J
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- 2021
5. In Situ Field Demonstration of a Drill-instrument Combination for the Detection of Microbes and Organics in the Icy Crusts of the Ocean Worlds
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D’Andrilli, Juliana, Eshelman, Evan J, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale L, Palmowski, Joseph, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, Abbey, William J, Priscu, John C, Manatt, Kenneth S, Bhartia, Rohit, and Malaska, Michael J
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- 2020
6. In Situ Field Demonstration of a Drill-instrument Combination for the Detection of Microbes and Organics in the Icy Crusts of the Ocean Worlds
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Malaska, Michael J, Bhartia, Rohit, Manatt, Kenneth S, Priscu, John C, Abbey, William J, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, Palmowski, Joseph, Paulsen, Gale L, Zacny, Kris, Eshelman, Evan J, and D’Andrilli, Juliana
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- 2020
7. Bearing Anomaly for the Sentinel 6 Supplemental Calibration System
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Paulsen, Gale, Van Dyne, Dylan, Rehnmark, Fredrik, Chu, Phil, and Iskenderian, Ted
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The Supplemental Calibration System (SCS) was designed to rotate an elliptical reflector for the Sentinel 6 Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR). By rotating the reflector, the system can perform calibrations by comparing the reflection from space to the reflection from an onboard calibration target. During the qualification testing of the SCS, a flaw was discovered that resulted in apparent brinelling of bearings that support the rotating reflector. An extensive investigation ensued to determine the root cause of the problem. Though the most likely root causes of the presumed brinelling ended up being the result of undersized bearing clamp rings and thermal mismatch, there were requirements that drove these design choices. This paper describes the design of the bearing assembly, requirements that drove the design, and documents a challenging investigation filled with ambiguous test results.
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- 2020
8. Pneumatic Drilling and Excavation in Support of Venus Science and Exploration
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Zacny, Kris, Spring, Justin, Paulsen, Gale, Ford, Stephen, Chu, Philip, Kondos, Steve, Badescu, Viorel, editor, and Zacny, Kris, editor
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- 2015
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9. Auto-Gopher-2 (AG2) - an autonomous wireline piezo-percussive drill for deep excavation
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Paulsen, Gale L, Kim, Daniel, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Zacny, Kris, Metz, Brandon, Jackson, Shannon, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Bao, Xiaoqi, Sherrit, Stewart, Badescu, Mircea, and Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
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- 2019
10. Auto-Gopher-2 (AG2) - an autonomous wireline piezo-percussive drill for deep excavation
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Badescu, Mircea, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Jackson, Shannon, Metz, Brandon, Zacny, Kris, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Kim, Daniel, and Paulsen, Gale L
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- 2019
11. Auto-Gopher II - an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill - test results
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Paulsen, Gale L, Kim, Daniel, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Zacny, Kris, Valles, Zachary C, Metz, Brandon, Jackson, Shannon, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Bao, Xiaoqi, Sherrit, Stewart, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, and Badescu, Mircea
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In this paper, we present the latest developments including the integration of the whole drill, laboratory testing and field test results.
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- 2019
12. Auto-Gopher II - an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill - test results
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Badescu, Mircea, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Jackson, Shannon, Metz, Brandon, Valles, Zachary C, Zacny, Kris, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Kim, Daniel, and Paulsen, Gale L
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- 2019
13. Asteroids: Anchoring and Sample Acquisition Approaches in Support of Science, Exploration, and In situ Resource Utilization
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Zacny, Kris, Chu, Philip, Paulsen, Gale, Hedlund, Magnus, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Indyk, Stephen, Spring, Justin, Parness, Aaron, Wegel, Don, Mueller, Robert, Levitt, David, and Badescu, Viorel, editor
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- 2013
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14. TRIDENT Drill for VIPER and PRIME-1 Missions to the Moon
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Zacny, Kris, primary, Chu, Philip, additional, Vendiola, Vince, additional, Creekmore, Paul, additional, Ng, Phil, additional, Goldman, Sam, additional, Seto, Emily, additional, Bywaters, Kathryn, additional, Bailey, Ezra, additional, Zheng, Raymond, additional, Ware, Lilly, additional, Rashedi, Ash, additional, Beard, Phil, additional, Chow, Paul, additional, Dearing, Stella, additional, Grossman, Amelia, additional, Huddleston, Robert, additional, Humphrey, Kevin, additional, Jain, Anchal, additional, Lakomski, David, additional, Mank, Zach, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Martinez, Sara, additional, O’Bannon, Tom, additional, Parekh, Aayush, additional, Shasho, Jeff, additional, Wang, Alex, additional, Wilson, Jack, additional, Xu, Helen, additional, Quinn, Jackie, additional, Eichenbaum, Amy, additional, Captain, Janine, additional, and Kleinhenz, Julie, additional
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- 2023
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15. Auto-Gopher-2 – An Autonomous Wireline Rotary Piezo-Percussive Deep Drilling Mechanism
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Badescu, Mircea, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Jackson, Shannon, Metz, Brandon, Simonini, Alan, Zacny, Kris, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Kim, Daniel, and Paulsen, Gale L
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Instrumentation And Photography - Abstract
Drilling deep into the subsurface of planetary bodies in the Solar System for samples acquisition enables critical capabilities for future NASA exploration missions in its quest to understand the origins of the Solar System and potentially the search for life. Such planetary bodies as Mars and Europa are key targets for potential missions that would require reaching great depths. Performing drilling while using minimal mass/volume systems and with low energy consumption are the main requirements that are imposed on such technologies. A wireline deep drill, called Auto-Gopher-2, is currently being developed as a joint effort between JPL and Honeybee Robotics Ltd. The Auto-Gopher II is a wireline rotary piezo-percussive deep drilling mechanism that combines formation breaking by rotating and piezoelectric actuator hammering and cuttings removal by rotating a fluted bit. The hammering mechanism is based on the Ultrasonic/Sonic Drill/Corer (USDC) mechanism that has been developed as an adaptable tool for many drilling and coring applications. The USDC uses an intermediate ball-shape free-mass to transform high frequency vibrations of a piezoelectric transducer horn tip into sonic hammering of the drill bit. The lessons learned from the previous studies are being implemented into the development of the Auto-Gopher-II, an autonomous deep wireline drill with integrated cuttings and sample management and drive electronics. Subsystems of the wireline drill are being developed in parallel at JPL and Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. Issues related to the bit and its ability to retain the cuttings for caching and removal are currently being addressed. This paper presents the development efforts of the piezoelectric actuator, cuttings removal and retention flutes and drive electronics.
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- 2018
16. Volatiles Loss from Water Bearing Regolith Simulant at Lunar Environments
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Kleinhenz, Julie, Smith, Jim, Roush, Ted, Colaprete, Anthony, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale L, Wang, Alex, and Paz, Aaron J
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Space Sciences (General) - Abstract
Permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles contain water, ~5 wt% according to LCROSS. Interest in water for ISRU applications. Desire to 'ground truth' water using surface prospecting; e.g. Resource Prospector (RP) & RESOLVE. How to access subsurface water resources and accurately measure quantity; Excavation operations and exposure to lunar environment may affect the results A series a ground based dirty thermal vacuum tests are being conducted to better understand the subsurface sampling operations: Sample removal and transfer, Volatiles loss during sampling operations, Concept of operations, Instrumentation. This presentation covers: The capabilities of the VF-13 Thermal Vacuum Chamber (Tvac). The Resource Prospector TVAC hardware. The summary and results of 5 years of RP volatiles tests; 43 viable samples
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- 2018
17. Auto-Gopher-II – A wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill that operates autonomously
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Badescu, Mircea, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Sherrit, Stewart, Jackson, Shannon, Metz, Brandon, Simonini, Alan, Bao, Xiaoqi, Zacny, Kris, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Kim, Daniel, and Paulsen, Gale L
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- 2018
18. Auto-Gopher-II – A wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill that operates autonomously
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Paulsen, Gale L, Kim, Daniel, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Zacny, Kris, Bao, Xiaoqi, Simonini, Alan, Metz, Brandon, Jackson, Shannon, Sherrit, Stewart, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, and Badescu, Mircea
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An important challenge of exploring the solar system is the ability to penetrate at great depths the subsurface of planetary bodies for sample collection. The requirements of the drilling system are minimal mass, volume and energy consumption. To address this challenge, a deep drill, called the Auto-Gopher II, is currently being developed as a joint effort between JPL’s NDEAA laboratory and Honeybee Robotics Corp. The Auto-Gopher II is a wireline rotaryhammer drill that combines breaking formations by hammering using a piezoelectric actuator and removing the cuttings by rotating a fluted bit. The hammering is produced by the Ultrasonic/Sonic Drill/Corer (USDC) mechanism that has been developed by the JPL team as an adaptable tool for many drilling and coring applications. The USDC uses an intermediate free-flying mass to convert high frequency vibrations of a piezoelectric transducer horn tip into sonic hammering of the drill bit. The USDC concept was used in a previous task to develop an Ultrasonic/Sonic Ice Gopher and then integrated into a rotary hammer device to develop the Auto-Gopher-I. The lessons learned from these developments are being integrated into the development of the Auto-Gopher-II, an autonomous deep wireline drill with integrated cuttings and sample management and drive electronics. In this paper the latest development will be reviewed including the piezoelectric actuator, cuttings removal and retention flutes and drive electronics.
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- 2018
19. Robotic Instrument for Grinding Rocks Into Thin Sections (GRITS)
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Paulsen, Gale, Zacny, Kris, Dreyer, Christopher B., Szucs, Attila, Szczesiak, Matt, Santoro, Chris, Craft, Jack, Hedlund, Magnus, and Skok, John
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- 2013
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20. Development of a thin section device for space exploration: Overview and system performance estimates
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Dreyer, Christopher B., Zacny, Kris, Steele, John P.H., Schwendeman, James R., Paulsen, Gale, Andersen, Robert C., and Skok, John
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- 2013
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21. Characterization of Volatiles Loss from Soil Samples at Lunar Environments
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Kleinhenz, Julie, Smith, Jim, Roush, Ted, Colaprete, Anthony, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale, Wang, Alex, and Paz, Aaron
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
Resource Prospector Integrated Thermal Vacuum Test Program A series of ground based dirty thermal vacuum tests are being conducted to better understand the subsurface sampling operations for RP Volatiles loss during sampling operations Hardware performance Sample removal and transfer Concept of operationsInstrumentation5 test campaigns over 5 years have been conducted with RP hardware with advancing hardware designs and additional RP subsystems Volatiles sampling 4 years Using flight-forward regolith sampling hardware, empirically determine volatile retention at lunar-relevant conditions Use data to improve theoretical predictions Determine driving variables for retention Bound water loss potential to define measurement uncertainties. The main goal of this talk is to introduce you to our approach to characterizing volatiles loss for RP. Introduce the facility and its capabilities Overview of the RP hardware used in integrated testing (most recent iteration) Summarize the test variables used thus farReview a sample of the results.
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22. Auto-Gopher-II – an Autonomous Wireline Rotary-Hammer Ultrasonic Drill
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Badescu, Mircea, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Jackson, Shannon, Chesin, Jacob, Zacny, Kris, and Paulsen, Gale
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- 2017
23. Chapter 10 Drilling and Breaking Ice
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Zacny, Kris, primary, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, additional, Bao, Xiaoqi, additional, Badescu, Mircea, additional, Jae Lee, Hyeong, additional, Sherrit, Stewart, additional, Zagorodnov, Victor, additional, Thompson, Lonnie, additional, and Talalay, Pavel, additional
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- 2016
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24. Spectral Monitoring of Volatiles During Drilling into Frozen Lunar Simulant
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Roush, Ted L, Cook, Amanda, Colaprete, Anthony, Bielawski, Richard, Fritzler, Erin, Benton, Joshua, White, Bruce, Forgione, Joshua, Kleinhenz, Julie, Smith, James, Paulsen, Gale, Zacny, Kris, and McMurry, Robert
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
NASA's Resource Prospector (RP) project intends to characterize the 3D distribution of volatiles in permanently shadowed regions at the lunar poles. One RP remote sensing instrument is a near-infrared spectrometer with an associated camera and radiometer, called the Near-InfraRed Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS). In May 2016, NIRVSS, a Honeybee Robotics drill, and an Inficon mass spectrometer were placed in a vacuum chamber at Glenn Research Center. Also inside was a tube (1.2 m high x 25 cm diameter) filled with lunar simulant NU-LHT-3M, initially doped with a homogeneous water abundance of ~5%, chilled to cryogenic temperatures and exposed to a vacuum (~10e-6 Torr). During drilling, the NIRVSS instruments observed the cuttings pile as subsurface materials were emplaced on the surface. Spectral features associated with water ice, near 2000 and 3000 nm, were measured by the spectrometer during drilling. The spectral data documents development of a desiccated soil layer in the tube down to ~25-30 cm (confirmed by post-test soil analyses), formed during the initial pump down to vacuum. Drilling occurred in 10 cm segments, with the drill stem extracted and flutes brushed after each 10 cm depth. One exception to this was the 40 cm depth segment where the soil was delivered to a sample capture mechanism, and sealed for post-test analyses. To ~30 cm depth the greatest 2000 and 3000 nm signatures were associated with brushing of the drill flutes above the surface. At depths >40 cm the strongest ice signatures were associated with the drill clearing soil from the existing hole, or beginning to encounter new material. For these greater depths, brushing the flutes after extraction produced much weaker ice signatures than for shallower depths. This suggests that the soil may remain trapped in the exit funnel and is not emplaced on the surface. After each event creating strong ice signatures, these signatures decreased to near background levels in 5 minutes or less, due to surface exposure to vacuum.
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- 2016
25. Auto-Gopher-2 - Wireline Deep Sampler Driven by Percussive Piezoelectric Actuator and Rotary EM Motors
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Zacny, Kris, Badescu, Mircea, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Freeman, David, Paulsen, Gale L, and Beegle, Luther
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Exobiology - Abstract
Two of the key purposes of future NASA’s solar system exploration of planetary bodies are the search for potentially preserved bio-signatures and for habitable regions. To address these objectives, a biologically inspired wireline deep rotary-percussive drill, called Auto-Gopher, has been developed. This drill employs a piezoelectric-actuated percussive mechanism for generating impulsive stresses and breaking formations, and an electric motor to rotate the bit to break material and remove the cuttings. Initially, the drill was designed as percussive mechanism for sampling ice and was demonstrated in 2005 at Lake Vida, Antarctica, reaching about 2 meters depth. The lessons learned suggested there is a need to augment the percussive action with bit rotation in order to maximize the penetration rate. The first generation implementation of the rotary augmentation was focused on the demonstration of this capability. In 2012, during the 3-day field test, the drill reached a 3-meter deep in gypsum. A separate mechanism was used to break and remove the cores. The average drilling power consumption was in the range of 100-150 Watts, while the rate of penetration was approximately 2.4 meters per hour. Currently under development is the second-generation drill, called Auto-Gopher-2. The drill will be fully autonomous. In this paper, the capabilities that are being integrated into the Auto-Gopher-2 are described and discussed.
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26. The Auto-Gopher: a wireline rotary-percussive deep sampler
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Zacny, Kris, Badescu, Mircea, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Paulsen, Gale L, and Beegle, Luther
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- 2016
27. Pneumatic Sampler (P-Sampler) for the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX)
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Van Dyne, Dylan, primary, Zacny, Kris, additional, Thomas, Lisa, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Lam, Sherman, additional, Williams, Hunter, additional, Sabahi, Dara, additional, Chu, Philip, additional, Spring, Justin, additional, Satou, Yasutaka, additional, Kato, Hiroki, additional, Sawada, Hirotaka, additional, Usui, Tomohiro, additional, Fujimoto, Masaki, additional, Imada, Takane, additional, Mueller, Robert P., additional, Zolensky, Michael, additional, Statler, Tomas, additional, and Dudzinski, Leonard, additional
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- 2021
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28. Near-Infrared Monitoring of Volatiles in Frozen Lunar Simulants While Drilling
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Roush, Ted L, Colaprete, Anthony, Elphic, Richard C, Forgione, Joshua, White, Bruce, McMurray, Robert, Cook, Amanda M, Bielawski, Richard, Fritzler, Erin L, Thompson, Sarah J, Kleinhenz, Julie E, Benton, Joshua, Paulsen, Gale, Zacny, Kris, and Smith, James
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) focuses on using local resources for mission consumables. The approach can reduce mission cost and risk. Lunar polar volatiles, e.g. water ice, have been detected via remote sensing measurements and represent a potential resource for both humans and propellant. The exact nature of the horizontal and depth distribution of the ice remains to be documented in situ. NASA's Resource Prospector mission (RP) is intended to investigate the polar volatiles using a rover, drill, and the RESOLVE science package. RP component level hardware is undergoing testing in relevant lunar conditions (cryovacuum). In March 2015 a series of drilling tests were undertaken using the Honeybee Robotics RP Drill, Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS), and sample capture mechanisms (SCM) inside a 'dirty' thermal vacuum chamber at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The goal of these tests was to investigate the ability of NIRVSS to monitor volatiles during drilling activities and assess delivery of soil sample transfer to the SCMs in order to elucidate the concept of operations associated with this regolith sampling method.
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- 2016
29. Regolith Volatile Recovery at Simulated Lunar Environments
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Kleinhenz, Julie, Paulsen, Gale, Zacny, Kris, Schmidt, Sherry, and Boucher, Dale
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
Lunar Polar Volatiles: Permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles contain water, 5 wt according to LCROSS. Interest in water for ISRU applications. Desire to ground truth water using surface prospecting e.g. Resource Prospector and RESOLVE. How to access subsurface water resources and accurately measure quantity. Excavation operations and exposure to lunar environment may affect the results. Volatile capture tests: A series a ground based dirty thermal vacuum tests are being conducted to better understand the subsurface sampling operations. Sample removal and transfer. Volatiles loss during sampling operations. Concept of operations, Instrumentation. This presentation is a progress report on volatiles capture results from these tests with lunar polar drill prototype hardware.
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- 2016
30. Impact of Drilling Operations on Lunar Volatiles Capture: Thermal Vacuum Tests
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Kleinhenz, Julie E, Paulsen, Gale, Zacny, Kris, and Smith, Jim
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Man/System Technology And Life Support - Abstract
In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) enables future planetary exploration by using local resources to supply mission consumables. This idea of 'living off the land' has the potential to reduce mission cost and risk. On the moon, water has been identified as a potential resource (for life support or propellant) at the lunar poles, where it exists as ice in the subsurface. However, the depth and content of this resource has yet to be confirmed on the ground; only remote detection data exists. The upcoming Resource Prospector mission (RP) will 'ground-truth' the water using a rover, drill, and the RESOLVE science package. As the 2020 planned mission date nears, component level hardware is being tested in relevant lunar conditions (thermal vacuum). In August 2014 a series of drilling tests were performed using the Honeybee Robotics Lunar Prospecting Drill inside a 'dirty' thermal vacuum chamber at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The drill used a unique auger design to capture and retain the lunar regolith simulant. The goal of these tests was to investigate volatiles (water) loss during drilling and sample transfer to a sample crucible in order to validate this regolith sampling method. Twelve soil samples were captured over the course of two tests at pressures of 10(exp-5) Torr and ambient temperatures between -80C to -20C. Each sample was obtained from a depth of 40 cm to 50 cm within a cryogenically frozen bed of NU-LHT-3M lunar regolith simulant doped with 5 wt% water. Upon acquisition, each sample was transferred and hermetically sealed inside a crucible. The samples were later baked out to determine water wt% and in turn volatile loss by following ASTM standard practices. Of the twelve tests, four sealed properly and lost an average of 30% of their available water during drilling and transfer. The variability in the results correlated well with ambient temperature (lower the temperature lower volatiles loss) and the trend agreed with the sublimation rates for the same temperature. Moisture retention also correlated with quantity of sample: a larger amount of material resulted in less water loss. The drilling process took an average of 10 minutes to capture and transfer each sample. The drilling power was approximately 20 Watt with a Weight on Bit of approximately 30 N. The bit temperature indicated little heat input into formation during the drilling process.
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- 2015
31. Development of the RANCOR Rotary-Percussive Coring System for Mars Sample Return
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Paulsen, Gale, Indyk, Stephen, and Zacny, Kris
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Mechanical Engineering ,Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
A RANCOR drill was designed to fit a Mars Exploration Rover (MER) class vehicle. The low mass of 3 kg was achieved by using the same actuator for three functions: rotation, percussions, and core break-off. Initial testing of the drill exposed an unexpected behavior of an off-the-shelf sprag clutch used to couple and decouple rotary-percussive function from the core break off function. Failure of the sprag was due to the vibration induced during percussive drilling. The sprag clutch would back drive in conditions where it was expected to hold position. Although this did not affect the performance of the drill, it nevertheless reduced the quality of the cores produced. Ultimately, the sprag clutch was replaced with a custom ratchet system that allowed for some angular displacement without advancing in either direction. Replacing the sprag with the ratchet improved the collected core quality. Also, premature failure of a 300-series stainless steel percussion spring was observed. The 300-series percussion spring was ultimately replaced with a music wire spring based on performances of previously designed rotary-percussive drill systems.
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- 2014
32. Auto-Gopher : a wireline deep sampler driven by piezoelectric percussive actuator and EM rotary motor
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Badescu, Mircea, Ressa, Aaron, Jae Lee, Hyeong, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Sherrit, Stewart, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale L, Beegle, Luther, and Bao, Xiaoqi
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- 2013
33. The Sample Handling System for the Mars Icebreaker Life Mission: from Dirt to Data
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Dave, Arwen, Thompson, Sarah J, McKay, Christopher P, Stoker, Carol R, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale, Mellerowicz, Bolek, Glass, Brian J, Wilson, David, Bonaccorsi, Rosalba, and Rask, Jon
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Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics ,Space Sciences (General) - Abstract
The Mars icebreaker life mission will search for subsurface life on mars. It consists of three payload elements: a drill to retrieve soil samples from approx. 1 meter below the surface, a robotic sample handling system to deliver the sample from the drill to the instruments, and the instruments themselves. This paper will discuss the robotic sample handling system.
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34. Subsurface In Situ Detection of Microbes and Diverse Organic Matter Hotspots in the Greenland Ice Sheet
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Malaska, Michael J., primary, Bhartia, Rohit, additional, Manatt, Kenneth S., additional, Priscu, John C., additional, Abbey, William J., additional, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, additional, Palmowski, Joseph, additional, Paulsen, Gale L., additional, Zacny, Kris, additional, Eshelman, Evan J., additional, and D'Andrilli, Juliana, additional
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- 2020
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35. Pneumatic Sampler (P-Sampler) for the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Mission
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Zacny, Kris, primary, Thomas, Lisa, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Van Dyne, Dylan, additional, Lam, Sherman, additional, Williams, Hunter, additional, Sabahi, Dara, additional, Ng, Phil, additional, Satou, Yasutaka, additional, Kato, Hiroki, additional, Sawada, Hirotaka, additional, Usui, Tomohiro, additional, Fujimoto, Masaki, additional, Mueller, Robert, additional, Zolensky, Mike, additional, Statler, Tom, additional, Dudzinski, Len, additional, Chu, Phil, additional, and Spring, Justin, additional
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- 2020
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36. The Icebreaker Life Mission to Mars: A Search for Biomolecular Evidence for Life
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Mckay, Christopher P, Stoker, Carol R, Glass, Brian J, Dave, Arwen I, Davila, Alfonso F, Heldmann, Jennifer L, Marinova, Margarita M, Fairen, Alberto G, Quinn, Richard C, Zacny, Kris A, Paulsen, Gale, Smith, Peter H, Parro, Victor, Andersen, Dale T, Hecht, Michael H, Lacelle, Denis, and Pollard, Wayne H
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
The search for evidence of life on Mars is the primary motivation for the exploration of that planet. The results from previous missions, and the Phoenix mission in particular, indicate that the ice-cemented ground in the north polar plains is likely to be the most recently habitable place that is currently known on Mars. The near-surface ice likely provided adequate water activity during periods of high obliquity, ~ 5 Myr ago. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen is present in the atmosphere, and nitrates may be present in the soil. Perchlorate in the soil together with iron in basaltic rock provides a possible energy source for life. Furthermore, the presence of organics must once again be considered, as the results of the Viking GCMS are now suspect given the discovery of the thermally reactive perchlorate. Ground-ice may provide a way to preserve organic molecules for extended periods of time, especially organic biomarkers. The Mars Icebreaker Life mission focuses on the following science goals: 1. Search for specific biomolecules that would be conclusive evidence of life. 2. A general search for organic molecules in the ground ice. 3. Determine the processes of ground ice formation and the role of liquid water. 4. Understand the mechanical properties of the Mars polar ice-cemented soil. 5. Assess the recent habitability of the environment with respect to required elements to support life, energy sources, and possible toxic elements. And 6. Compare the elemental composition of the northern plains with mid-latitude sites. The Icebreaker Life payload has been designed around the Phoenix spacecraft and is targeted to a site near the Phoenix landing site. However, the Icebreaker payload could be supported on other Mars landing systems. Preliminary studies of the SpaceX Dragon lander show that it could support the Icebreaker payload for a landing either at the Phoenix site or at mid-latitudes. Duplicate samples could be cached as a target for possible return by a Mars Sample Return mission. If the samples were shown to contain organic biomarkers interest in returning them to Earth would be high.
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- 2012
37. Deep Drilling and Sampling via the Wireline Auto-Gopher Driven by Piezoelectric Percussive Actuator and EM Rotary Motor
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Badescu, Mircea, Sherrit, Stewart, Zacny, Kris, Paulsen, Gale L, Beegle, Luther, and Bao, Xiaoqi
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Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration - Abstract
The ability to penetrate subsurfaces and perform sample acquisition at depths of meters is critical for future NASA in-situ exploration missions to bodies in the solar system, including Mars and Europa. A corer/sampler was developed with the goal of acquiring pristine samples by reaching depths on Mars beyond the oxidized and sterilized zone. To developed rotary-hammering coring drill, called Auto-Gopher, employs a piezoelectric actuated percussive mechanism for breaking formations and an electric motor rotates the bit to remove the powdered cuttings. This sampler is a wireline mechanism that is incorporated with an inchworm mechanism allowing thru cyclic coring and core removal to reach great depths. The penetration rate is being optimized by simultaneously activating the percussive and rotary motions of the Auto-Gopher. The percussive mechanism is based on the Ultrasonic/Sonic Drill/Corer (USDC) mechanism that is driven by piezoelectric stack and that was demonstrated to require low axial preload. The Auto-Gopher has been produced taking into account the a lessons learned from the development of the Ultrasonic/Sonic Gopher that was designed as a percussive ice drill and was demonstrated in Antarctica in 2005 to reach about 2 meters deep. A field demonstration of the Auto-Gopher is currently being planned with objective of reaching as deep as 3 to 5 meters in tufa subsurface.
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38. Auto-Gopher-II: an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill test results
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Badescu, Mircea, primary, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, additional, Sherrit, Stewart, additional, Bao, Xiaoqi, additional, Lee, Hyeong J., additional, Jackson, Shannon P., additional, Metz, Brandon C., additional, Valles, Zachary C., additional, Zacny, Kris, additional, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, additional, Kim, Daniel, additional, and Paulsen, Gale, additional
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39. Auto-Gopher-2—An Autonomous Wireline Rotary Piezo-Percussive Deep Drilling Mechanism
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, primary, Badescu, Mircea, additional, Lee, Hyeong Jae, additional, Sherrit, Stewart, additional, Bao, Xiaoqi, additional, Jackson, Shannon, additional, Metz, Brandon, additional, Simonini, Alan, additional, Zacny, Kris, additional, Mellerowicz, Bolek, additional, Kim, Daniel, additional, and Paulsen, Gale L., additional
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40. Development of a Deep Drill System with Integrated Deep UV/Raman Spectrometer for Mars and Europa
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Mellerowicz, Boleslaw L., primary, Zacny, Kris, additional, Eshelman, Evan, additional, Bhartia, Rohit, additional, Willis, Madelyne, additional, Priscu, John, additional, Huddleston, Robert, additional, Ngo, Peter, additional, Wang, Alexander, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Kim, Daniel, additional, Ridilla, Albert, additional, Malaska, Michael, additional, Abbey, William, additional, Wanger, Greg, additional, Beagle, Luther, additional, DeFlores, Lauren, additional, Lane, Arthur, additional, Manatt, Kenneth, additional, Carrier, Brandi, additional, and Doloboff, Ivria, additional
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41. Operating the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) After Thirteen Years of an Originally Ninety Day Mission
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Indyk, Stephen, primary, Spring, Justin, additional, Ford, Steven, additional, Luczek, Kathryn, additional, and Paulsen, Gale, additional
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42. Auto-Gopher-II: a wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill that operates autonomously
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Zacny, Kris, primary, Mellerowicz, Bolek, primary, Kim, Daniel, primary, Paulsen, Gale L., primary, Badescu, Mircea, primary, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, primary, Sherrit, Stewart, primary, Bao, Xiaoqi, primary, Jackson, Shannon, primary, Metz, Brandon C., primary, and Simonini, Alan C., primary
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43. Auto-Gopher-II: an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill
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Badescu, Mircea, additional, Lee, Hyeong Jae, additional, Sherrit, Stewart, additional, Bao, Xiaoqi, additional, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, additional, Jackson, Shannon, additional, Chesin, Jacob, additional, Zacny, Kris, additional, Paulsen, Gale L., additional, Mellerowicz, Bolek, additional, and Kim, Daniel, additional
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44. Development of Venus drill
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Zacny, Kris, primary, Rehnmark, Fredrik, additional, Hall, Jeff, additional, Cloninger, Evan, additional, Hyman, Cody, additional, Kriechbaum, Kristopher, additional, Melko, Joe, additional, Rabinovitch, Jason, additional, Wilcox, Brian, additional, Lambert, Jim, additional, Mumm, Erik, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Vendiola, Vincent, additional, Chow, Kevin, additional, and Traeden, Nick, additional
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45. Evidence for indigenous nitrogen in sedimentary and aeolian deposits from the Curiosity rover investigations at Gale crater, Mars
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Stern, Jennifer C., Sutter, Brad, Freissinet, Caroline, Navarro-González, Rafael, McKay, Christopher P., Archer, P. Douglas, Buch, Arnaud, Brunner, Anna E., Coll, Patrice, Eigenbrode, Jennifer L., Fairen, Alberto G., Franz, Heather B., Glavin, Daniel P., Kashyap, Srishti, McAdam, Amy C., Ming, Douglas W., Steele, Andrew, Szopa, Cyril, Wray, James J., Martín-Torres, F. Javier, Zorzano, Maria-Paz, Conrad, Pamela G., Mahaffy, Paul R., Kemppinen, Osku, Bridges, Nathan, Johnson, Jeffrey R., Minitti, Michelle, Cremers, David, Bell, James F., Edgar, Lauren, Farmer, Jack, Godber, Austin, Wadhwa, Meenakshi, Wellington, Danika, McEwan, Ian, Newman, Claire, Richardson, Mark, Charpentier, Antoine, Peret, Laurent, King, Penelope, Blank, Jennifer, Weigle, Gerald, Schmidt, Mariek, Li, Shuai, Milliken, Ralph, Robertson, Kevin, Sun, Vivian, Baker, Michael, Edwards, Christopher, Ehlmann, Bethany, Farley, Kenneth, Griffes, Jennifer, Grotzinger, John, Miller, Hayden, Newcombe, Megan, Pilorget, Cedric, Rice, Melissa, Siebach, Kirsten, Stack, Katie, Stolper, Edward, Brunet, Claude, Hipkin, Victoria, Léveillé, Richard, Marchand, Geneviève, Sánchez, Pablo Sobrón, Favot, Laurent, Cody, George, Flückiger, Lorenzo, Lees, David, Nefian, Ara, Martin, Mildred, Gailhanou, Marc, Westall, Frances, Israël, Guy, Agard, Christophe, Baroukh, Julien, Donny, Christophe, Gaboriaud, Alain, Guillemot, Philippe, Lafaille, Vivian, Lorigny, Eric, Paillet, Alexis, Pérez, René, Saccoccio, Muriel, Yana, Charles, Armiens-Aparicio, Carlos, Rodríguez, Javier Caride, Blázquez, Isaías Carrasco, Gómez, Felipe Gómez, Gómez-Elvira, Javier, Hettrich, Sebastian, Malvitte, Alain Lepinette, Jiménez, Mercedes Marín, Martínez-Frías, Jesús, Martín-Soler, Javier, Torres, F. Javier Martín, Jurado, Antonio Molina, Mora-Sotomayor, Luis, Caro, Guillermo Muñoz, López, Sara Navarro, Peinado-González, Verónica, Pla-García, Jorge, Manfredi, José Antonio Rodriguez, Romeral-Planelló, Julio José, Fuentes, Sara Alejandra Sans, Martinez, Eduardo Sebastian, Redondo, Josefina Torres, Urqui-O'Callaghan, Roser, Mier, María-Paz Zorzano, Chipera, Steve, Lacour, Jean-Luc, Mauchien, Patrick, Sirven, Jean-Baptiste, Manning, Heidi, Fairén, Alberto, Hayes, Alexander, Joseph, Jonathan, Squyres, Steven, Sullivan, Robert, Thomas, Peter, Dupont, Audrey, Lundberg, Angela, Melikechi, Noureddine, Mezzacappa, Alissa, DeMarines, Julia, Grinspoon, David, Reitz, Günther, Prats, Benito, Atlaskin, Evgeny, Genzer, Maria, Harri, Ari-Matti, Haukka, Harri, Kahanpää, Henrik, Kauhanen, Janne, Paton, Mark, Polkko, Jouni, Schmidt, Walter, Siili, Tero, Fabre, Cécile, Wray, James, Wilhelm, Mary Beth, Poitrasson, Franck, Patel, Kiran, Gorevan, Stephen, Indyk, Stephen, Paulsen, Gale, Gupta, Sanjeev, Bish, David, Schieber, Juergen, Gondet, Brigitte, Langevin, Yves, Geffroy, Claude, Baratoux, David, Berger, Gilles, Cros, Alain, d’Uston, Claude, Forni, Olivier, Gasnault, Olivier, Lasue, Jérémie, Lee, Qiu-Mei, Maurice, Sylvestre, Meslin, Pierre-Yves, Pallier, Etienne, Parot, Yann, Pinet, Patrick, Schröder, Susanne, Toplis, Mike, Lewin, Éric, Brunner, Will, Heydari, Ezat, Achilles, Cherie, Oehler, Dorothy, Cabane, Michel, Coscia, David, Dromart, Gilles, Robert, François, Sautter, Violaine, Le Mouélic, Stéphane, Mangold, Nicolas, Nachon, Marion, Stalport, Fabien, François, Pascaline, Raulin, François, Teinturier, Samuel, Cameron, James, Clegg, Sam, Cousin, Agnès, DeLapp, Dorothea, Dingler, Robert, Jackson, Ryan Steele, Johnstone, Stephen, Lanza, Nina, Little, Cynthia, Nelson, Tony, Wiens, Roger C., Williams, Richard B., Jones, Andrea, Kirkland, Laurel, Treiman, Allan, Baker, Burt, Cantor, Bruce, Caplinger, Michael, Davis, Scott, Duston, Brian, Edgett, Kenneth, Fay, Donald, Hardgrove, Craig, Harker, David, Herrera, Paul, Jensen, Elsa, Kennedy, Megan R., Krezoski, Gillian, Krysak, Daniel, Lipkaman, Leslie, Malin, Michael, McCartney, Elaina, McNair, Sean, Nixon, Brian, Posiolova, Liliya, Ravine, Michael, Salamon, Andrew, Saper, Lee, Stoiber, Kevin, Supulver, Kimberley, Van Beek, Jason, Van Beek, Tessa, Zimdar, Robert, French, Katherine Louise, Iagnemma, Karl, Miller, Kristen, Summons, Roger, Goesmann, Fred, Goetz, Walter, Hviid, Stubbe, Johnson, Micah, Lefavor, Matthew, Lyness, Eric, Breves, Elly, Dyar, M. Darby, Fassett, Caleb, Blake, David F., Bristow, Thomas, DesMarais, David, Edwards, Laurence, Haberle, Robert, Hoehler, Tori, Hollingsworth, Jeff, Kahre, Melinda, Keely, Leslie, McKay, Christopher, Bleacher, Lora, Brinckerhoff, William, Choi, David, Conrad, Pamela, Dworkin, Jason P., Eigenbrode, Jennifer, Floyd, Melissa, Garvin, James, Glavin, Daniel, Harpold, Daniel, Mahaffy, Paul, Martin, David K., McAdam, Amy, Pavlov, Alexander, Raaen, Eric, Smith, Michael D., Stern, Jennifer, Tan, Florence, Trainer, Melissa, Meyer, Michael, Posner, Arik, Voytek, Mary, Anderson, Robert C, Aubrey, Andrew, Beegle, Luther W., Behar, Alberto, Blaney, Diana, Brinza, David, Calef, Fred, Christensen, Lance, Crisp, Joy A., DeFlores, Lauren, Feldman, Jason, Feldman, Sabrina, Flesch, Gregory, Hurowitz, Joel, Jun, Insoo, Keymeulen, Didier, Maki, Justin, Mischna, Michael, Morookian, John Michael, Parker, Timothy, Pavri, Betina, Schoppers, Marcel, Sengstacken, Aaron, Simmonds, John J., Spanovich, Nicole, Juarez, Manuel de la Torre, Vasavada, Ashwin R., Webster, Christopher R., Yen, Albert, Archer, Paul Douglas, Cucinotta, Francis, Jones, John H., Ming, Douglas, Morris, Richard V., Niles, Paul, Rampe, Elizabeth, Nolan, Thomas, Fisk, Martin, Radziemski, Leon, Barraclough, Bruce, Bender, Steve, Berman, Daniel, Dobrea, Eldar Noe, Tokar, Robert, Vaniman, David, Williams, Rebecca M. E., Yingst, Aileen, Lewis, Kevin, Leshin, Laurie, Cleghorn, Timothy, Huntress, Wesley, Manhès, Gérard, Hudgins, Judy, Olson, Timothy, Stewart, Noel, Sarrazin, Philippe, Grant, John, Vicenzi, Edward, Wilson, Sharon A., Bullock, Mark, Ehresmann, Bent, Hamilton, Victoria, Hassler, Donald, Peterson, Joseph, Rafkin, Scot, Zeitlin, Cary, Fedosov, Fedor, Golovin, Dmitry, Karpushkina, Natalya, Kozyrev, Alexander, Litvak, Maxim, Malakhov, Alexey, Mitrofanov, Igor, Mokrousov, Maxim, Nikiforov, Sergey, Prokhorov, Vasily, Sanin, Anton, Tretyakov, Vladislav, Varenikov, Alexey, Vostrukhin, Andrey, Kuzmin, Ruslan, Clark, Benton, Wolff, Michael, McLennan, Scott, Botta, Oliver, Drake, Darrell, Bean, Keri, Lemmon, Mark, Schwenzer, Susanne P., Anderson, Ryan B., Herkenhoff, Kenneth, Lee, Ella Mae, Sucharski, Robert, Hernández, Miguel Ángel de Pablo, Ávalos, Juan José Blanco, Ramos, Miguel, Kim, Myung-Hee, Malespin, Charles, Plante, Ianik, Muller, Jan-Peter, Ewing, Ryan, Boynton, William, Downs, Robert, Fitzgibbon, Mike, Harshman, Karl, Morrison, Shaunna, Dietrich, William, Kortmann, Onno, Palucis, Marisa, Sumner, Dawn Y., Williams, Amy, Lugmair, Günter, Wilson, Michael A., Rubin, David, Jakosky, Bruce, Balic-Zunic, Tonci, Frydenvang, Jens, Jensen, Jaqueline Kløvgaard, Kinch, Kjartan, Koefoed, Asmus, Madsen, Morten Bo, Stipp, Susan Louise Svane, Boyd, Nick, Campbell, John L., Gellert, Ralf, Perrett, Glynis, Pradler, Irina, VanBommel, Scott, Jacob, Samantha, Owen, Tobias, Rowland, Scott, Savijärvi, Hannu, Boehm, Eckart, Böttcher, Stephan, Burmeister, Sönke, Guo, Jingnan, Köhler, Jan, García, César Martín, Mueller-Mellin, Reinhold, Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert, Bridges, John C., McConnochie, Timothy, Benna, Mehdi, Franz, Heather, Bower, Hannah, Brunner, Anna, Blau, Hannah, Boucher, Thomas, Carmosino, Marco, Atreya, Sushil, Elliott, Harvey, Halleaux, Douglas, Rennó, Nilton, Wong, Michael, Pepin, Robert, Elliott, Beverley, Spray, John, Thompson, Lucy, Gordon, Suzanne, Newsom, Horton, Ollila, Ann, Williams, Joshua, Vasconcelos, Paulo, Bentz, Jennifer, Nealson, Kenneth, Popa, Radu, Kah, Linda C., Moersch, Jeffrey, Tate, Christopher, Day, Mackenzie, Kocurek, Gary, Hallet, Bernard, Sletten, Ronald, Francis, Raymond, McCullough, Emily, Cloutis, Ed, ten Kate, Inge Loes, Arvidson, Raymond, Fraeman, Abigail, Scholes, Daniel, Slavney, Susan, Stein, Thomas, Ward, Jennifer, Berger, Jeffrey, Moores, John E., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), NASA, Laboratorio de Química de Plasmas y Estudios Planetarios [Mexico], Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares [Mexico], Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México = National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038 (LGPM), CentraleSupélec, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University [Tempe] (ASU), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA (UMR_7583)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Astronomy [Ithaca], Cornell University [New York], Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid] (CAB), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology [GSFC] (CRESST), Centre de Recherche Public Henri Tudor [Technoport] (CRP Henri Tudor), Centre de Recherche Public Henri-Tudor [Luxembourg] (CRP Henri-Tudor), Department of Microbiology [Amherst], University of Massachusetts [Amherst] (UMass Amherst), University of Massachusetts System (UMASS)-University of Massachusetts System (UMASS), Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES), NASA-NASA, Geophysical Laboratory [Carnegie Institution], Carnegie Institution for Science, PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences [Atlanta], Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta], Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (IACT), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universidad de Granada (UGR), Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering [Luleå], Luleå University of Technology (LUT), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Carnegie Institution for Science [Washington], Universidad de Granada (UGR)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cornell University, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), Department of Microbiology, IMPEC - LATMOS, Universidad de Granada (UGR)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR)
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Martian ,Multidisciplinary ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Water on Mars ,nitrates ,astrobiology ,[SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,Mars ,Mars Exploration Program ,01 natural sciences ,nitrogen ,Astrobiology ,Curiosity ,13. Climate action ,Rocknest ,0103 physical sciences ,Sample Analysis at Mars ,Physical Sciences ,Aeolian processes ,Composition of Mars ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Nitrogen cycle ,Geology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
International audience; The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) investigation on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover has detected oxidized nitrogen-bearing compounds during pyrolysis of scooped aeolian sediments and drilled sedimentary deposits within Gale crater. Total N concentrations ranged from 20 to 250 nmol N per sample. After subtraction of known N sources in SAM, our results support the equivalent of 110–300 ppm of nitrate in the Rocknest (RN) aeolian samples, and 70–260 and 330–1,100 ppm nitrate in John Klein (JK) and Cumberland (CB) mudstone deposits, respectively. Discovery of indigenous martian nitrogen in Mars surface materials has important implications for habitability and, specifically, for the potential evolution of a nitrogen cycle at some point in martian history. The detection of nitrate in both wind-drifted fines (RN) and in mudstone (JK, CB) is likely a result of N2 fixation to nitrate generated by thermal shock from impact or volcanic plume lightning on ancient Mars. Fixed nitrogen could have facilitated the development of a primitive nitrogen cycle on the surface of ancient Mars, potentially providing a biochemically accessible source of nitrogen.
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46. Auto-Gopher-2 - Wireline Deep Sampler Driven by Percussive Piezoelectric Actuator and Rotary EM Motors
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Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, primary, Zacny, Kris, additional, Badescu, Mircea, additional, Lee, Hyeong Jae, additional, Sherrit, Stewart, additional, Bao, Xiao Qi, additional, Freeman, David, additional, Paulsen, Gale L., additional, and Beegle, Luther, additional
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47. Obtaining Vibration Data for Autonomous Health Monitoring of Interplanetary Drills
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Bergman, Dean, primary, Glass, Brian J., additional, Stucky, Thomas, additional, Zacny, Kris, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, and McKay, Chris, additional
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48. Resource prospector drill performance during the integrated payload tests
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Zacny, Kris, primary, Wang, Alex, additional, Hedlund, Magnus, additional, Paulsen, Gale, additional, Mellerowicz, Bolek, additional, Quinn, Jackie, additional, Yaggi, Bryan, additional, Hyman, Cody, additional, and Smith, Jim, additional
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49. Auto-Gopher-II: an autonomous wireline rotary-hammer ultrasonic drill test results
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Lynch, Jerome P., Huang, Haiying, Sohn, Hoon, Wang, Kon-Well, Badescu, Mircea, Bar-Cohen, Yoseph, Sherrit, Stewart, Bao, Xiaoqi, Lee, Hyeong Jae, Jackson, Shannon, Metz, Brandon, Valles, Zachary C., Zacny, Kris, Mellerowicz, Boleslaw, Kim, Daniel, and Paulsen, Gale L.
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50. Isotope ratios of H, C, and O in CO₂ and H₂O of the martian atmosphere
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Webster, Chris R, Mahaffy, Paul R, Flesch, Gregory J, Niles, Paul B, Jones, John H, Leshin, Laurie A, Atreya, Sushil K, Stern, Jennifer C, Christensen, Lance E, Owen, Tobias, Franz, Heather, Pepin, Robert O, Steele, Andrew and the MSL Science Team, Achilles, Cherie, Agard, Christophe, Alves Verdasca, José Alexandre, Anderson, Robert, Anderson, Ryan, Archer, Doug, Armiens-Aparicio, Carlos, Arvidson, Ray, Atlaskin, Evgeny, Aubrey, Andrew, Baker, Burt, Baker, Michael, Balic-Zunic, Tonci, Baratoux, David, Baroukh, Julien, Barraclough, Bruce, Bean, Keri, Beegle, Luther, Behar, Alberto, Bell, James, Bender, Steve, Benna, Mehdi, Bentz, Jennifer, Berger, Gilles, Berger, Jeff, Berman, Daniel, Bish, David, Blake, David F, Blanco Avalos, Juan J, Blaney, Diana, Blank, Jen, Blau, Hannah, Bleacher, Lora, Boehm, Eckart, Botta, Oliver, Böttcher, Stephan, Boucher, Thomas, Bower, Hannah, Boyd, Nick, Boynton, Bill, Breves, Elly, Bridges, John, Bridges, Nathan, Brinckerhoff, William, Brinza, David, Bristow, Thomas, Brunet, Claude, Brunner, Anna, Brunner, Will, Buch, Arnaud, Bullock, Mark, Burmeister, Sönke, Cabane, Michel, Calef, Fred, Cameron, James, Campbell, John, Cantor, Bruce, Caplinger, Michael, Caride Rodríguez, Javier, Carmosino, Marco, Carrasco Blázquez, Isaías, Charpentier, Antoine, Chipera, Steve, Choi, David, Clark, Benton, Clegg, Sam, Cleghorn, Timothy, Cloutis, Ed, Cody, George, Coll, Patrice, Conrad, Pamela, Coscia, David, Cousin, Agnès, Cremers, David, Crisp, Joy, Cros, Alain, Cucinotta, Frank, d'Uston, Claude, Davis, Scott, Day, Mackenzie, de la Torre Juarez, Manuel, DeFlores, Lauren, DeLapp, Dorothea, DeMarines, Julia, DesMarais, David, Dietrich, William, Dingler, Robert, Donny, Christophe, Downs, Bob, Drake, Darrell, Dromart, Gilles, Dupont, Audrey, Duston, Brian, Dworkin, Jason, Dyar, M Darby, Edgar, Lauren, Edgett, Kenneth, Edwards, Christopher, Edwards, Laurence, Ehlmann, Bethany, Ehresmann, Bent, Eigenbrode, Jen, Elliott, Beverley, Elliott, Harvey, Ewing, Ryan, Fabre, Cécile, Fairén, Alberto, Farley, Ken, Farmer, Jack, Fassett, Caleb, Favot, Laurent, Fay, Donald, Fedosov, Fedor, Feldman, Jason, Feldman, Sabrina, Fisk, Marty, Fitzgibbon, Mike, Floyd, Melissa, Flückiger, Lorenzo, Forni, Olivier, Fraeman, Abby, Francis, Raymond, François, Pascaline, Freissinet, Caroline, French, Katherine Louise, Frydenvang, Jens, Gaboriaud, Alain, Gailhanou, Marc, Garvin, James, Gasnault, Olivier, Geffroy, Claude, Gellert, Ralf, Genzer, Maria, Glavin, Daniel, Godber, Austin, Goesmann, Fred, Goetz, Walter, Golovin, Dmitry, Gómez Gómez, Felipe, Gómez-Elvira, Javier, Gondet, Brigitte, Gordon, Suzanne, Gorevan, Stephen, Grant, John, Griffes, Jennifer, Grinspoon, David, Grotzinger, John, Guillemot, Philippe, Guo, Jingnan, Gupta, Sanjeev, Guzewich, Scott, Haberle, Robert, Halleaux, Douglas, Hallet, Bernard, Hamilton, Vicky, Hardgrove, Craig, Harker, David, Harpold, Daniel, Harri, Ari-Matti, Harshman, Karl, Hassler, Donald, Haukka, Harri, Hayes, Alex, 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isotope ratios ,MSL-Radiation ,Mars - Published
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