NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
JSC Mars-1 Martian Soil Simulant: Melting Experiments and Electron Microprobe StudiesJSC Mars-1 has been developed as a Martian regolith simulant, and is the <1 mm size fraction of a palagonitic tephra (a glassy volcanic ash altered at low temperatures) from Pu'u Nene cinder cone on the Island of Hawaii. The Mars-1 simulant forms the basis for numerous terrestrial studies which aim to evaluate the suitability of Martian soil for materials processing. Martian soil may be sintered to form building materials for construction, and also melted or reacted to extract metals for various uses, as well as oxygen for life support.
Document ID
20030062176
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Carpenter, P.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Sebille, L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Boles, W.
(Middle Tennessee State Univ. Murfreesboro, TN, United States)
Chadwell, M.
(University of South Alabama Mobile, AL, United States)
Schwarz, L.
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2003
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC8-66
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available