Present-day thermal and water activity environment of the Mars Sample Return collection.
Environment
Habitability
Jezero
Mars sample return
Temperature
Water activity
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 Mar 2024
26 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
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12
2023
accepted:
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03
2024
medline:
27
3
2024
pubmed:
27
3
2024
entrez:
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3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Mars Sample Return mission intends to retrieve a sealed collection of rocks, regolith, and atmosphere sampled from Jezero Crater, Mars, by the NASA Perseverance rover mission. For all life-related research, it is necessary to evaluate water availability in the samples and on Mars. Within the first Martian year, Perseverance has acquired an estimated total mass of 355 g of rocks and regolith, and 38 μmoles of Martian atmospheric gas. Using in-situ observations acquired by the Perseverance rover, we show that the present-day environmental conditions at Jezero allow for the hydration of sulfates, chlorides, and perchlorates and the occasional formation of frost as well as a diurnal atmospheric-surface water exchange of 0.5-10 g water per m
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pubmed: 38532041
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57458-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-57458-4
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eng
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Organisme : NASA
ID : RSS PS 80NSSC20K0239
Pays : United States
Organisme : NASA
ID : Mars 2020 Returned Sample Science Participating Scientist Program Grant 80NSSC20K0237
Pays : United States
Organisme : NASA
ID : Mars 2020 Returned Sample Science Participating Scientist Program Grant 80NSSC20K0237
Pays : United States
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