Martian soil

Detection of Perchlorate and the Soluble Chemistry of Martian Soil at the Phoenix Lander Site

M. H. Hecht, Samuel P. Kounaves, R. C. Quinn, Steven J. West, S. M. M. Young, D. W. Ming, David C. Catling, B. C. Clark, W. V. Boynton, J. H. Hoffman, Lauren DeFlores, K. Gospodinova, Jason Kapit, Peter H. Smith

Citations: 1133 • 2009

Mars Science Laboratory Mission and Science Investigation

J. P. Grotzinger, J. A. Crisp, A. R. Vasavada, Robert C. Anderson, Charles J. Baker, Robert Barry, D. F. Blake, P. G. Conrad, K. S. Edgett, Bobak Ferdowski, R. Gellert, John B. Gilbert, M. P. Golombek, Javier Gómez‐Elvira, Donald M. Hassler, Louise Jandura, M. L. Litvak, P. R. Mahaffy, J. N. Maki, Michael A. Meÿer, M. C. Malin, И. Г. Митрофанов, John J. Simmonds, D. T. Vaniman, Richard V. Welch, R. C. Wiens

Citations: 816 • 2012

Results from the Mars Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm experiment

R. E. Arvidson, R.G. Bonitz, Matt Robinson, J. Carsten, R. Volpe, A. Trebi‐Ollennu, M. T. Mellon, Paul K. Chu, Kiel Davis, Jim Wilson, Amy Shaw, R. N. Greenberger, K. L. Siebach, T. C. Stein, Selby Cull, W. Goetz, R. V. Morris, D. W. Ming, H. U. Keller, M. T. Lemmon, H. G. Sizemore, M. Mehta

Citations: 132 • 2009

NASA Mars 2007 Phoenix Lander Robotic Arm and Icy Soil Acquisition Device

R.G. Bonitz, Lori Shiraishi, Matthew L. Robinson, R. E. Arvidson, Paul K. Chu, Jack Wilson, Kiel Davis, G. Paulsen, A. Kusack, Doug Archer, Peter H. Smith

Citations: 64 • 2008

ISRU Implications for Lunar and Martian Plume Effects

Philip T. Metzger, Xiaoyi Li, Christopher Immer, John E. Lane

Citations: 44 • 2009

Traversing Steep and Granular Martian Analog Slopes with a Dynamic Quadrupedal Robot

Hendrik Kolvenbach, Philip Arm, Elias Hampp, Alexander Dietsche, Valentin Bickel, Benjamin Sun, Christoph Meyer, Marco Hutter

Citations: 43 • 2022

Soil simulant sourcing for the ExoMars rover testbed

Thibault P. Gouache, Nildeep Patel, Christopher Brunskill, Gregory Scott, Chakravarthini M. Saaj, M. Matthews, Liang Cui

Citations: 39 • 2011

Effects of sample pretreatment and particle size on the determination of nitrogen in soil by portable LIBS and potential use on robotic-borne remote Martian and agricultural soil analysis systems

Xiu-Tian Yan, Karen M. Donaldson, Christine M. Davidson, Yichun Gao, Hanling Wu, Andrew Houston, Áron Kisdi

Citations: 38 • 2018

The Phoenix Mars Lander Robotic Arm

R.G. Bonitz, Lori Shiraishi, Matthew L. Robinson, Joseph Carsten, R. Volpe, A. Trebi‐Ollennu, R. E. Arvidson, Paul K. Chu, Jack Wilson, Kiel Davis

Citations: 35 • 2009

The Sample Handling System for the Mars Icebreaker Life Mission: From Dirt to Data

Arwen Davé, Sarah Thompson, Christopher P. McKay, C. Stoker, K. Zacny, G. Paulsen, Bolek Mellerowicz, B. Glass, D. Willson, R. Bonaccorsi, Jon Rask

Citations: 26 • 2013

UV Irradiation and Near Infrared Characterization of Laboratory Mars Soil Analog Samples

Teresa Fornaro, J. R. Brucato, Giovanni Poggiali, Maria Angela Corazzi, Małgorzata Biczysko, Maguy Jaber, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Robert M. Hazen, A. Steele

Citations: 23 • 2020

Review of Martian Dust Composition, Transport, Deposition, Adhesion, and Removal

Howard A. Perko, John D. Nelson, Jacklyn R. Green

Citations: 20 • 2002

Sterile robotic Mars soil analyzer

Gilbert V. Levin, Joseph D. Miller, Patricia Ann Straat, Richard B. Hoover

Citations: 18 • 2003

Mars 2007 Phoenix Scout mission Organic Free Blank: Method to distinguish Mars organics from terrestrial organics

D. W. Ming, R. V. Morris, R. Woida, B. Sutter, H. V. Lauer, C. Shinohara, D. C. Golden, W. V. Boynton, R. E. Arvidson, R. L. Stewart, L. K. Tamppari, Peter H. Smith

Citations: 17 • 2008

The MVACS Robotic Arm Camera

H. U. Keller, H. Hartwig, R. Kramm, D. Koschny, W. J. Markiewicz, N. Thomas, M. Fernades, Peter H. Smith, R. Reynolds, M. T. Lemmon, J. Weinberg, R. L. Marcialis, R. Tanner, B. J. Boss, C. Oquest, D. A. Paige

Citations: 17 • 2001

Progress towards robotic in-situ dating of martian sediments using optically stimulated luminescence

R. Kalchgruber, Michael W. Blair, S.W.S. McKeever, E. R. Benton, Dennis K. Reust

Citations: 15 • 2007

Mars Volatiles and Climate Surveyor Robotic Arm

R.G. Bonitz, Jeffrey Slostad, Bruce Bon, D. F. Braun, Russ Brill, C. Buck, Richard Fleischner, Albert Haldeman, Jennifer Herman, Mark Hetzel, Don Noon, Greg Pixler, Paul S. Schenker, Thieu Ton, Curtis Tucker, Wayne Zimmerman, D. A. Paige

Citations: 15 • 2001

The Heatpipe Power System (HPS) for Mars outpose and manned Mars missions

David I. Poston

Citations: 13 • 2000

Martian and Lunar Cold Region Soil Mechanics Considerations

Koon Meng Chua, Stewart W. Johnson

Citations: 13 • 1998

Developing luminescence dating for extraterrestrial applications: Characterization of martian simulants and minerals

Michael W. Blair, R. Kalchgruber, S.W.S. McKeever

Citations: 13 • 2007