Mars Science Instrument Development - The main objective of MIDP (Mars Instrument Development Project) is to develop ground demonstrated miniature instruments that are at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 3 into space qualifiable hardware (6); ready for response to Mars missions Announcement of Opportunity (AO).
Most of the existing instrument R&D programs (e.g., PIDDP) only support up to breadboard level (TRL 3, 4) and there is a need to carry such instruments to flight qualifiable status to respond to flight AO. Often the flight AO has only limited time and financial resources, and can not afford such hardware development processes. Thus the aim of the MIDP task is to bridge the existing gap between instrument R&D programs and hardware requirements for flight programs.
All the instruments being developed under MIDP have been selected through a highly competitive NRA process, and employ state-of-the-art technology. For example, 16 Instruments and 11 Instruments have been selected in FY 2002 and 2003 respectively (ROSS 2002 and 2003). Working with PIs, JPL has been managing the MIDP tasks since September 1998. When matured, the MIDP instruments will significantly enhance Mars Exploration capability.
Depending on instrument maturity, Mars Technology Program will arrange integration of instruments with an available rover (K9 Rover, FIDO, Rocky 7 or Rocky 8) and test in a Simulated Environment.
Point of Contact: Sam Kim
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Atmospheric Electron-Induced X-Ray Spectrometer (AEXS) Development
Jaroslava Wilcox, 2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Author: Jaroslava Wilcox
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CHAMP - Camera, Handlens, And Microscope Probe
IEEEAC 2005. #1510
Authors: J. Boynton, G. Mungas, C. Sepulveda, M. Balzer, L. Beegle, H. Sobel, T. Fisher, D. Klein, M. Deans, P. Lee
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Documenting drainage evolution in Bir Kiseiba, southern Egypt: Constraints from ground penetrating radar and implications for Mars
Journal of Geophysical Research vol.109 (E9) E09002 Doi:10.1029/2003JE002232, 7 pp., 25 Sept. 2004
Authors: J.A. Grant, T.A. Maxwell, A.K. Johnston, et al.
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Electrospray ionization ion mobility spectrometry of amino acids: ion mobilities and a mass-mobility correlation
Journal of Physical Chemistry A vol.108, no.27: 5785-92, 8 July 2004
Authors: P.V. Johnson, H.I. Kim, L.W. Beegle, and I. Kanik
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Elemental surface analysis at ambient pressure by electron-induced x-ray fluorescence
Review of Scientific Instruments vol.74, no.3 : 1251-4, March 2003
Authors: E. Feldman, J.Z. Wilcox, T. George, D.N. Barsic and A. Scherer
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Mars Laser Hygrometer
Applied Optics, Vol. 43 (22), 4436-4445, August 2004
Authors: Christopher R. Webster, Gregory J. Flesch, Kamjou Mansour, Robert Haberle, Jill Bauman
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Mars Miniature Science Instruments
Submitted to IEEE 2006 Aerospace Conference, IEEEAC paper #1301, March 2006, Big Sky Montana
Authors: Soon Sam Kim, Samad Hayati, David Lavery,and Karen McBride
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Measuring methane and its isotopes 12CH4, 13CH4, and CH3D on the surface of Mars with in situ laser spectroscopy
Applied Optics, Vol. 44 (7), 1226-1235, March 2005
Author: Christopher R. Webster
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Radicals and Oxidants Instrument (ROXI) for Mars surface analyses
Proc. SPIE, v. 5660, 251-258, 2004
Authors: A.S. Yen, and S. S. Kim
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