The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has funded Canadian industry and science community to carry out studies on Mars exploration under its Exploration Core Program. One of the projects was Hyperspectral and Luminescence Observer (HALO) in the context of the Mars Sample Return Network (MSR‐NET) for possible inclusion in the ESA‐NASA‐led MSR‐NET mission. This study examined the utility of an agile and intelligent orbital hyperspectral imager for addressing fundamental questions about the Mars with an in‐situ luminescence instrument on a rover for providing ground truth to support the imager classification of spectral characteristics.

    The focus of the HALO study is to design, build and integrate a prototype imaging spectrometer and luminescence spectrometer with high optical throughput and low distortion. The HALO hyperspectral imager has been developed based on the heritage from the Canadian Hyperspectral Environment and Resource Observer (HERO) mission and builds on the significant expertise developed in Canada for luminescence and optical spectroscopic studies of geological materials. This chapter describes an early phase study that examined the combination of an orbital hyperspectral imager and rover‐borne optically stimulated luminescence instrument for Mars sample return network. Coupling orbital and surface observations of Mars provides a powerful means for “calibrating” orbital observations with actual ground conditions and a number of complementary and synergistic elements. This enables more comprehensive characterization of the Martian surface to be conducted than by one instrument operating alone.


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    Titel :

    Hyperspectral and Luminescence Observer for Mars


    Beteiligte:
    Qian, Shen‐En (Herausgeber:in) / Qian, Shen‐En (Autor:in) / Martin, Eric (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015-12-10


    Format / Umfang :

    29 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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