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The Sample Handling System for the Mars Icebreaker Life Mission: from Dirt to DataThe 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.
Document ID
20140008848
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Dave, Arwen (Lockheed Martin Space Operations Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Thompson, Sarah J. (Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT, Inc.) Moffett Field, CA, United States)
McKay, Christopher P. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Stoker, Carol R. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Zacny, Kris (Honeybee Robotics Pasadena, CA, United States)
Paulsen, Gale (Honeybee Robotics Pasadena, CA, United States)
Mellerowicz, Bolek (Honeybee Robotics Pasadena, CA, United States)
Glass, Brian J. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Wilson, David (KISS Inst. for Practical Robotics Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Bonaccorsi, Rosalba (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Mountain View, CA, United States)
Rask, Jon (Dynamac Corp. Mountain View, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
July 9, 2014
Publication Date
January 1, 2013
Subject Category
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN13851
Report Number: ARC-E-DAA-TN13851
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX12AG91A
WBS: WBS 857464.02.01.05
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-02090
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA09DC79C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNA08CG83C
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX10AF13A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Keywords
Martian Arctic
microbial contamination
Mars Icebreaker

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