Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover.

Autor:	Vago JL, Westall F, Coates AJ, Jaumann R, Korablev O, Ciarletti V, Mitrofanov I, Josset JL, De Sanctis MC, Bibring JP, Rull F, Goesmann F, Steininger H, Goetz W, Brinckerhoff W, Szopa C, Raulin F, Westall F, Edwards HGM, Whyte LG, Fairén AG, Bibring JP, Bridges J, Hauber E, Ori GG, Werner S, Loizeau D, Kuzmin RO, Williams RME, Flahaut J, Forget F, Vago JL, Rodionov D, Korablev O, Svedhem H, Sefton-Nash E, Kminek G, Lorenzoni L, Joudrier L, Mikhailov V, Zashchirinskiy A, Alexashkin S, Calantropio F, Merlo A, Poulakis P, Witasse O, Bayle O, Bayón S, Meierhenrich U; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Institut de Chimie de Nice, Nice, France., Carter J; Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), Orsay, France., García-Ruiz JM; CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Spain., Baglioni P; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Haldemann A; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Ball AJ; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Debus A; Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), Toulouse, France., Lindner R; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Haessig F; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Monteiro D; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Trautner R; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Voland C; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Rebeyre P; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Goulty D; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Didot F; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Durrant S; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Zekri E; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Koschny D; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Toni A; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Visentin G; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Zwick M; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., van Winnendael M; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Azkarate M; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands., Carreau C; ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Astrobiology [Astrobiology] 2017 Jul 01; Vol. 17 (6-7), pp. 471-510.
DOI:	10.1089/ast.2016.1533
Abstrakt:	The second ExoMars mission will be launched in 2020 to target an ancient location interpreted to have strong potential for past habitability and for preserving physical and chemical biosignatures (as well as abiotic/prebiotic organics). The mission will deliver a lander with instruments for atmospheric and geophysical investigations and a rover tasked with searching for signs of extinct life. The ExoMars rover will be equipped with a drill to collect material from outcrops and at depth down to 2 m. This subsurface sampling capability will provide the best chance yet to gain access to chemical biosignatures. Using the powerful Pasteur payload instruments, the ExoMars science team will conduct a holistic search for traces of life and seek corroborating geological context information. Key Words: Biosignatures-ExoMars-Landing sites-Mars rover-Search for life. Astrobiology 17, 471-510. Competing Interests: No competing financial interests exist.
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