In Situ Analysis of Mars Soil and Rocks Sample with the Sam Gcms Instrumentation Onboard Curiosity : Interpretation and Comparison of Measurements Done during the First Martian Year of Curiosity on Mars

• Main Authors: Szopa, Cyril, Coll, Patrice, Cabane, Michel, Buch, Arnaud, Coscia, David, Millan, Maeva, Francois, Pascaline, Belmahadi, Imene, Teinturier, Samuel, Navarro-Gonzalez, Rafael, Glavin, Daniel, Freissinet, Caroline, Steele, Andrew, Eigenbrode, Jennifer, Mahaffy, Paul
• Other Authors: PLANETO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA (UMR_7583)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038 (LGPM), CentraleSupélec, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Laboratorio de Química de Plasmas y Estudios Planetarios Mexico, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Geophysical Laboratory Carnegie Institution, Carnegie Institution for Science Washington
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; Yellowknife; Yellowknife Bay
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01115609

International audience The characterisation of the chemical and mineralogical composition of solid surface samples collected with the Curiosity rover is a primary objective of the SAM experiment. These data should provide essential clues on the past habitability of Gale crater. Amongst the SAM suite...