The NASA Mars 2020 Mission - Seeking Signs of Ancient Life and Preparing for Sample Return (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

NASA's Mars 2020 mission successfully landed the Perseverance rover in Jezero crater on February 18, 2021.This book provides the definitive pre-landing documentation of the Mars 2020 mission, its scientific payload elements, and its exploration area. The chapters in this volume include detailed descriptions of: The Perseverance mission, and its relationship to a possible Mars Sample Return campaign; The geology of the mission's exploration environment in Jezero crater; and The purpose, design and operation of all seven instruments aboard the rover (Mastcam-Z, SHERLOC, RIMFAX, Supercam, MOXIE, PIXL, and MEDA) as well as the engineering cameras and the Mars helicopter Ingenuity. NASA's ambitious Mars 2020 mission extends a long arc of Martian exploration by seeking evidence that life may once have existed on Mars, and by preparing a collection of samples for possible return to Earth by a future mission. Mars 2020 will also enable future exploration by characterizing modern weather conditions and by demonstrating new technologies. Previously published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "The Mars 2020 Mission"

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	July 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Kenneth A. Farley • Kenneth H. Williford • Kathryn M. Stack
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	1151
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-9402421811
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Physical chemistry > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > Geochemistry Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Aerospace & aviation technology > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > UFOs Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Extraterrestrial beings Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Extraterrestrial beings Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > UFOs
LSN:	9402421815
Barcode:	9789402421811

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