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

Jorge L. Vago; Frances Westall; Andrew J. Coates; Ralf Jaumann; Oleg Korablev; Valérie Ciarletti; Igor Mitrofanov; Jean Luc Josset; Maria Cristina De Sanctis; Jean Pierre Bibring; Fernando Rull; Fred Goesmann; Harald Steininger; Walter Goetz; William Brinckerhoff; Cyril Szopa; François Raulin; Howell G.M. Edwards; Lyle G. Whyte; Alberto G. Fairén; John Bridges; Ernst Hauber; Gian Gabriele Ori; Stephanie Werner; Damien Loizeau; Ruslan O. Kuzmin; Rebecca M.E. Williams; Jessica Flahaut; François Forget; Daniel Rodionov; Håkan Svedhem; Elliot Sefton-Nash; Gerhard Kminek; Leila Lorenzoni; Luc Joudrier; Viktor Mikhailov; Alexander Zashchirinskiy; Sergei Alexashkin; Fabio Calantropio; Andrea Merlo; Pantelis Poulakis; Olivier Witasse; Olivier Bayle; Silvia Bayón; Uwe Meierhenrich; John Carter; Juan Manuel García-Ruiz; Pietro Baglioni; Albert Haldemann; Andrew J. Ball; André Debus; Robert Lindner; Frédéric Haessig; David Monteiro; Roland Trautner; Christoph Voland; Pierre Rebeyre; Duncan Goulty; Frédéric Didot; Stephen Durrant; Eric Zekri; Detlef Koschny; Andrea Toni; Gianfranco Visentin; Martin Zwick; Michel Van Winnendael; Martín Azkarate; Christophe Carreau

doi:10.1089/ast.2016.1533

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

Jorge L. Vago
, Frances Westall
, Andrew J. Coates
, Ralf Jaumann
, Oleg Korablev
, Valérie Ciarletti
, Igor Mitrofanov
, Jean Luc Josset
, Maria Cristina De Sanctis
, Jean Pierre Bibring
, Fernando Rull
, Fred Goesmann
, Harald Steininger
, Walter Goetz
, William Brinckerhoff
, Cyril Szopa
, François Raulin
, Howell G.M. Edwards
, Lyle G. Whyte
, Alberto G. Fairén

John Bridges, Ernst Hauber, Gian Gabriele Ori, Stephanie Werner, Damien Loizeau, Ruslan O. Kuzmin, Rebecca M.E. Williams, Jessica Flahaut, François Forget, Daniel Rodionov, Håkan Svedhem, Elliot Sefton-Nash, Gerhard Kminek, Leila Lorenzoni, Luc Joudrier, Viktor Mikhailov, Alexander Zashchirinskiy, Sergei Alexashkin, Fabio Calantropio, Andrea Merlo, Pantelis Poulakis, Olivier Witasse, Olivier Bayle, Silvia Bayón, Uwe Meierhenrich, John Carter, Juan Manuel García-Ruiz, Pietro Baglioni, Albert Haldemann, Andrew J. Ball, André Debus, Robert Lindner, Frédéric Haessig, David Monteiro, Roland Trautner, Christoph Voland, Pierre Rebeyre, Duncan Goulty, Frédéric Didot, Stephen Durrant, Eric Zekri, Detlef Koschny, Andrea Toni, Gianfranco Visentin, Martin Zwick, Michel Van Winnendael, Martín Azkarate, Christophe Carreau

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	471-510
Number of pages	40
Journal	Astrobiology
Volume	17
Issue number	6-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1533
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Vago, J. L., Westall, F., Coates, A. J., Jaumann, R., Korablev, O., Ciarletti, V., Mitrofanov, I., Josset, J. L., De Sanctis, M. C., Bibring, J. P., Rull, F., Goesmann, F., Steininger, H., Goetz, W., Brinckerhoff, W., Szopa, C., Raulin, F., Edwards, H. G. M., Whyte, L. G., ... Carreau, C. (2017). Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover. Astrobiology, 17(6-7), 471-510. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1533

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

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