The SuperCam Remote Sensing Suite for MARS 2020: Nested and Co-Aligned LIBS, Raman, and VISIR Spectroscopies, and color micro-imaging
Thierry Fouchet
(1)
,
Roger Wiens
(2)
,
Sylvestre Maurice
(3)
,
Jeffrey R. Johnson
(4)
,
Samuel Clegg
(2)
,
Shiv Sharma
(5)
,
Fernando Rull
(6)
,
Franck Montmessin
(7)
,
Ryan Anderson
(8)
,
Olivier Beyssac
(9)
,
Lydie Bonal
(10)
,
Lauren Deflores
(11)
,
Gilles Dromart
(12)
,
William Fischer
(13)
,
Olivier Forni
(3)
,
Olivier Gasnault
(3)
,
John P. Grotzinger
(13)
,
Nicolas Mangold
(10)
,
Jesus Martinez-Frias
(14)
,
Scott Maclennan
(15)
,
Kevin Mccabe
(2)
,
Ph. Cais
(16)
,
Tony Nelson
(2)
,
Stanley Angel
(17)
,
Pierre Beck
(10)
,
Karim Benzerara
(9)
,
Sylvain Bernard
(9)
,
Bruno Bousquet
(18)
,
Nathan Bridges
(4)
,
Edward Cloutis
(19)
,
Cécile Fabre
,
Olivier Grasset
(20)
,
Nina Lanza
(2)
,
Jérémie Lasue
(3)
,
Stéphane Le Mouélic
(20)
,
Rich Leveille
(21)
,
Eric Lewin
(22)
,
Timothy H. Mcconnochie
(1)
,
Noureddine Melikechi
(23)
,
Pierre-Yves Meslin
(3)
,
Anupam Misra
(24)
,
Gilles Montagnac
(12)
,
Horton Newsom
(25)
,
Ann Ollila
(25)
,
Patrick Pinet
(3)
,
François Poulet
(26)
,
Pablo Sobron
(27)
1
GSFC -
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2 LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
3 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
4 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
5 UH - University of Hawai'i [Honolulu]
6 UVa - Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid]
7 PLANETO - LATMOS
8 USGS - United States Geological Survey [Reston]
9 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie
10 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
11 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
12 LGL-TPE - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement
13 Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
14 CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
15 Department of Geosciences [Stony Brook]
16 UB - Université de Bordeaux
17 University of South Carolina [Columbia]
18 CELIA - Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications
19 Department of Geography [Winnipeg]
20 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]
21 CSA - Canadian Space Agency
22 ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre
23 Delaware Investments
24 HIGP - Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
25 The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque]
26 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
27 SETI Institute
2 LANL - Los Alamos National Laboratory
3 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
4 APL - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD]
5 UH - University of Hawai'i [Honolulu]
6 UVa - Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid]
7 PLANETO - LATMOS
8 USGS - United States Geological Survey [Reston]
9 IMPMC - Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie
10 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
11 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
12 LGL-TPE - Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon - Terre, Planètes, Environnement
13 Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
14 CAB - Centro de Astrobiologia [Madrid]
15 Department of Geosciences [Stony Brook]
16 UB - Université de Bordeaux
17 University of South Carolina [Columbia]
18 CELIA - Centre d'Etudes Lasers Intenses et Applications
19 Department of Geography [Winnipeg]
20 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]
21 CSA - Canadian Space Agency
22 ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre
23 Delaware Investments
24 HIGP - Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
25 The University of New Mexico [Albuquerque]
26 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
27 SETI Institute
Thierry Fouchet
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Roger Wiens
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Franck Montmessin
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Olivier Beyssac
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Gilles Dromart
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Olivier Gasnault
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Nicolas Mangold
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Pierre Beck
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Karim Benzerara
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Bruno Bousquet
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Cécile Fabre
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Olivier Grasset
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Nina Lanza
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Jérémie Lasue
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Stéphane Le Mouélic
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Pierre-Yves Meslin
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Gilles Montagnac
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Ann Ollila
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Résumé
As chartered by the Science Definition Team, the Mars 2020 mission addresses four primary objectives: A. Characterize the processes that formed and modified the geologic record within an astrobiologically relevant ancient environment, B. Perform astrobiologically relevant investigations to determine habitability, search for materials with biosignature presentation potential, and search for evidence of past life, C. Assemble a returnable cache of samples and D. Contribute to preparation for human exploration of Mars. The SuperCam instrument, selected for the Mars 2020 rover, as a suite of four instruments, provides nested and co-aligned remote investigations: Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Raman spectroscopy and time-resolved fluorescence (TRF), visible and near-infrared spectroscopy (VISIR), and high resolution color imaging (RMI). SuperCam appeals broadly to the four Mars 2020 objectives.In detail, SuperCam will perform:1. Microscale mineral identification by combining LIBS elemental and VISIR mineralogical spectroscopies, especially targeting secondary minerals2. Determine the sedimental stratigraphy through color imaging and LIBS and VISIR spectroscopy3. Search for organics and bio-signatures with LIBS and Raman spectroscopy4. Quantify the volatile content of the rocks by LIBS spectroscopy to determine the degree of aquaeous alteration5. Characterize the texture of the rocks by color imaging to determine their alteration processes6. Characterize the rocks' coatings by LIBS spectroscopy7. Characterize the soil and its potential for biosignature preservation8. Monitor the odd-oxygen atmospheric chemistry.To meet these goals SuperCam will perform LIBS spectroscopy on 0.5 mm spot up to 7-meter distance, perform Raman and time-resolved fluoresence up to 12-m distance with a 0.8 mrad angular resolution, a 100 ns time gating in the 534-850 nm spectral range, acquire VISIR spectra in the range 0.4-0.85 μm with a resolution of 0.35 nm, and in the IR range over 1.3-2.6 μm, rich in mineral signatures, with a resolution of 20 nm, and provide RGB images with an angular resolution of 40 μrad over a FOV of 20 mrad.We will present the science performances of SuperCam and the forecasted operation plans.