As part of an accelerated prototyping project to support science operations tests for future exploration missions, we designed and built a geological laboratory, GeoLab, that was integrated into NASA's first generation Habitat Demonstration Unit-1/Pressurized Excursion Module (HDU1-PEM). GeoLab includes a pressurized glovebox for transferring and handling samples collected on geological traverses, and a suite of instruments for collecting preliminary data to help characterize those samples. The GeoLab and the HDU1-PEM were tested for the first time as part of the 2010 Desert Research and Technology Studies (DRATS), NASA's analog field exercise for testing mission technologies. The HDU1- PEM and GeoLab participated in two weeks of joint operations in northern Arizona with two crewed rovers and the DRATS science team.
GeoLab's First Field Trials, 2010 Desert RATS: Evaluating Tools for Early Sample Characterization
42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2011 ; The Woodlands, TX, United States
2011-03-07
Conference paper
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Historical synopses of desert RATS 1997–2010 and a preview of desert RATS 2011
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