Exploring Mars with Curiosity and its Laser
The 1-ton Curiosity rover has been exploring Gale crater on Mars since 2012. Its payload includes the ChemCam laser instrument, led by LANL. ChemCam uses the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique to obtain remote elemental compositions of Mars rocks and soils. In this presentation I explain how we operate this instrument on Mars and what we have discovered.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- OSTI ID:
- 1492625
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-20251
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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