International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions (2012)

Thursday, October 11, 2012 INSTRUMENTATION FOR IN SITU ANALYSIS MISSIONS (VENUS IN SITU EXPLORER, TITAN, ETC.) I 8:30 a.m. Building 34 — Conference Room 150

Chairs: Regis Courtin Shahid Aslam

9:00 a.m. Kraft R. P. * Kenter A. T. Alcock C. R. Murray S. S. Gauron T. M. Loose M. Werner M. Technology Development for the Whipple Mission Concept — Present Status and Future Work [1071] The Whipple mission was proposed to the 2010 Discovery program and funded for technology development. Whipple will conduct the first direct study of the outer solar system using a blind occultation survey. We discuss the status of our project.

9:15 a.m. Kobayashi M. * Shibata H. Nogami K. Fujii M. Miyachi T. Ohashi H. Sasaki S. Iwai T. Hattori M. Kimura H. Hirai T. Takechi S. Yano H. Hasegawa S. Srama R. Grün E. Mercury Dust Monitor for the BepiColombo MMO [1067] Mercury Dust Monitor (MDM) onboard the Mercury Magnetosphere Orbiter (MMO) will observe dust particles in orbit around Mercury during 1 year as nominal operation. In this paper, we report an overview of our instrument onboard the Bepi-Colombo MMO.

9:30 a.m. Reuter D. C. * Simon-Miller A. A. The OVIRS Visible/IR Spectrometer on the OSIRIS-Rex Mission [1074] This paper describes the OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS), a 0.4 to 4.3 μm point spectrometer on the the OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer) mission.

9:45 a.m. Robinson M. S. * Ravine M. A. Telephoto Reconnaissance Imaging for Lunar Rover Applications [1064] We propose a robust camera, FARCAM, to provide critical exploration and operational support to a future lunar rover. To minimize cost and development risk FARCAM is derived from the MSL Mastcam instrument, modified to meet lunar requirements.

10:00 a.m. COFFEE BREAK

10:30 a.m. Nagihara S. * Zacny K. Hedlund M. Taylor P. T. Development of a Compact, Deep-Penetrating Heat Flow Instrument for Lunar Landers: In-Situ Thermal Conductivity System [1014] We report progress in our efforts to develop a compact lunar heat flow instrumentation. For this presentation, we focus on the in situ thermal conductivity measurement system that is a part of the new instrumentation.

International Workshop on Instrumentation for Planetary Missions (2012)

10:45 a.m. Lorenz R. D. Stofan E. Lunine J. I. Zarnecki J. C. Harri A.-M. Karkoschka E. Newman C. E. Bierhaus E. B. Clark B. C. Yelland M. Leese M. R. Boldt J. Darlington E. Neish C. D. Sotzen K. Arvelo J. Rasbach C. Kretsch W. Strohbehn K. Grey M. Mann J. Zimmerman H. Reed C. MP3 — A Meteorology and Physical Properties Package for Titan Air-Sea Studies [1072] MP3 is a sensor suite for the proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME) Discovery mission to Ligeia Mare. MP3 will measure temperatures, and wind velocity, methane humidity, and pressure, as well as sea turbidity, dielectric properties, and depth via sonar.

11:00 a.m. Chanover N. J. Glenar D. A. * Uckert K. Voelz D. G. Xiao X. Tawalbeh R. Boston P. Brinckerhoff W. Getty S. Mahaffy P. Miniature Spectrometer for Detection of Organics and Identification of their Mineral Context [1142] We describe an acousto-optic tunable filter point spectrometer that spans 1.6–3.6 μm, designed to identify minerals associated with aqueous environments at sample scales of ~ 1 mm, as well as organics and volatiles.

11:15 a.m. Getty S. A. * Brinckerhoff W. B. Cornish T. Ecelberger S. A. Li X. Merrill Floyd M. A. Chanover N. Uckert K. Voelz D. Xiao X. Tawalbeh R. Glenar D. Elsila J. E. Callahan M. Laser Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Future In Situ Planetary Missions [1100] We describe a 5-kg-class laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer that is capable of detecting and analyzing a variety of nonvolatile analytes, both inorganic and organic, up to 150,000 Da, directly from rock or ice samples.

11:30 a.m. Coustenis A. * Lunine J. Reh K. Lebreton J.-P. Erd C. Beauchamp P. Matson D. Titan Saturn System Mission Instrumentation [1013] The Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM), another future mission proposed for Titan’s exploration, includes an orbiter and two in situ elements: a hot-air balloon and a lake lander. The instrumentation of those two elements will be presented.

11:45 a.m. Miller G. P. * Waite J. H. Young D. T. A High-Resolution, Multipass Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Investigation of Elemental, Isotopic and Molecular Compositions [1144] We report on the development of a third-generation, small, rugged, high-resolution, high mass range, time-of-flight mass spectrometer utilizing a folded ion optical path.

12:00 p.m. LUNCH