Asteroid Radio Tomography : Looking Inside Small Bodies at 10 meter wavelengths (original) (raw)

c ○ Author(s) 2011 Radar Sounding Investigations of the Martian Subsurface

2013

which combines the science payload of the original ESA ExoMars Rover with the robotic arm and sample cache of NASA’s Max-C Rover into a single rover, whose samples will ultimately be retrieved by a future Mars Sample Return mission. WISDOM was designed to investigate the nearsubsurface down to a depth of ~2-3 m, commensurate with the sampling capabilities of the rover’s drill. The information provided by WISDOM will assist in understanding the large-scale geology and history of the landing site, as well as selecting the most appropriate locations where to drill and collect sub surface samples for further analysis. Here we review the real-world performance of the instrument as experimentally observed in various field test environments. 1.

The ScanMars radar onboard AMADEE-18 analog mission to Mars

2018

Simulated, or analogue, planetary missions are putting the base for the forthcoming extraterrestrial explorations, testing new technologies and refining existing operative procedures [4, 2, 3]. In February 2018, the Austrian Space Forum leaded an international Mars analog mission in the Dhofar region, Oman. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew conducted experiments preparing for future human Mars missions in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology and life sciences. In summer 2017 our ScanMars experiment has been selected to be part of the mission. ScanMars uses a Ground Penetrating Radar to investigate the subsurface by transmitting and receiving radio-wave impulses into the ground. The expected results of the experiment are geophysical images of the underground structures, material differences and the presence of groundwater[1]. Here we present the ScanMars experiment and its results from AMADEE-18 an...