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SmallSat Spinning Lander with a Raman Spectrometer Payload for Future Ocean Worlds Exploration MissionsWe describe an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA)-class SmallSat spinning lander concept for the exploration of Europa or other Ocean World surfaces to ascertain the potential for life. The spinning lander will be ejected from an ESPA ring from an orbiting or flyby spacecraft and will carry on-board a standoff remote Spatial Heterodyne Raman spectrometer (SHRS) and a time resolved laser induced fluorescence spectrograph (TR-LIFS), and once landed and stationary the instruments will make surface chemical measurements. The SHRS and TR-LIFS have no moving parts have minimal mass and power requirements and will be able to characterize the surface and near-surface chemistry, including complex organic chemistry to constrain the ocean composition.
Document ID
20170008891
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ridenoure, R.
(Ecliptic Enterprises Corp. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Angel, S. M.
(South Carolina Univ. Columbia, SC, United States)
Aslam, S.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Gorius, N.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Hewagama, T.
(Maryland Univ. College Park, MD, United States)
Nixon, C. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Sharma, S.
(Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI, United States)
Date Acquired
September 20, 2017
Publication Date
September 17, 2017
Publication Information
Publisher: EPSC
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-E-DAA-TN42646
Meeting Information
Meeting: European Planetary Science Congress 2017 Meeting
Location: Riga
Country: Latvia
Start Date: September 17, 2017
End Date: September 22, 2017
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX17AF47A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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