EXPERIMENTAL PETROLOGY LABORATORY Director: Hanna Nekvasil, Professor of Geochemistry [email protected] 1. Materials synthesis: Minerals, Glasses P: 1 bar-15kbar (1.5 GPa) T: <1800 oC (dependent upon apparatus) 2. Mineral stability 3. Mineral and Glass Alteration/Reaction Fluid-rock Gas-dust Annealing Hydrogen reaction at high T 4. Magma crystallization/rock melting Equipment: • Three piston-cylinder apparatuses for elevated P-T synthesis sample yield 50 mg (small volume; small T gradient) to 500 mg (large volume ; higher T gradient) • Three 1 atm quench furnaces for 1 atm/ high T synthesis and alteration Sample yield varies. • 1 horizontal furnace for 1 atm long term synthesis, T of ~ 900 oC. • 1 Deltech furnace for large volume, 1 atm synthesis • 2 dozen hydrothermal vessels for long term 1-2 kbar synthesis at <800 oC. • 1 muffle furnace for large volume synthesis up to 1100 oC. • Mixers, torch, welders etc. for sample preparation Research collaboration is welcome! Please note: • This is a research lab, with all work being done by students trying to progress towards a degree. (There is no lab technician.) Therefore, all synthesis requests need to have a research component involving the student doing the synthesis, one acceptable to NSF or NASA and supported by a funding agency. • This lab is not for mineral synthesis by aqueous techniques. HI-SEAS Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog & Simulation Dr. Michaela Musilova Director of HI-SEAS [email protected] Credit: Epic Tours DLR.de • Chart 1 > Lecture Series - Our Moon: Robotics & Sensors for Lunar Operations > [email protected] > 16.07.2021 ARCHES - Autonomous Robotic Networks to Help Modern Societies Goal Cross-domain development of technologies and methods to build autonomous, networked robotic systems to address pressing societal challenges . for ocean exploration . for planetary exploration Ocean exploration Challanges . new robotic methods and technologies . concepts and algorithms for networked mission operations . module based approaches for soft- and hardware . fusion and interpretation of different sources of information, overcoming the system borders of individual robots . drastically increase of the „Technology Readiness Level“ for such Sketch of an application scenario planetary mission via field test campaigns exploration on Utopia Planitia DLR.de • Chart 2 > Lecture Series - Our Moon: Robotics & Sensors for Lunar Operations > [email protected] > 16.07.2021 Probe Collection and Geological Inspection with ARCHES . Shows the procedure of collection of soil samples at the point of interest in this case with a shovel (not volatile compliant) . Interface to different tools and Instruments . Scientific Camera like Exomars, stereo spectral (9 filters), High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), thermal additional navigation cameras [15] EPFL 2018 Ehlmann Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Lab ASD Fieldspec3 + goniometer FTIR spectrometer See Fox et al. (2021, Am. Min.) Measurements of oxygen sensitive samples or under controlled gases at wavelengths Buz et al. (2019, Opt. Eng.) 0.35-50 µm Measure at nearly any i, e, g See Pilorget et al. (2016, Icarus) Coming soon: thermal emission chamber! ehlmann.caltech.edu | @EhlmannLab | B. Ehlmann (PI; [email protected]) | R. Greenberger (Lab manager; [email protected]) Ehlmann Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Lab Oman Ophiolite Imaging spectrometer • Headwall Photonics, Inc., two co-boresighted sensors • Wavelengths 0.4-1.0 µm and 1.0-2.6 µm • Field portable (in 80 L backpack) and battery powered • Laboratory measurements at Caltech, or anywhere else! Caltech lab Drilling vessel Chikyu Flexible setup: mount on tripod in field, and over stage, conveyor belt or track in a lab Green River Formation See Greenberger et al. (2016, IEEE) ehlmann.caltech.edu | @EhlmannLab | B. Ehlmann (PI; [email protected]) | R. Greenberger (Lab manager; [email protected]) EPMA Lab Earth and Planetary Materials Analysis Laboratory Bruker M4 Tornado JEOL JXA- 8530F Field Emission Electron Microprobe EPMA Lab Earth and Planetary Materials Analysis Laboratory ASD UV-Vis- NIR FieldSpec Bruker Tracer III SD XRF Optech Ilris-3D LIDAR SciAps Z-300 LIBS Analyzer DJI Matrice 300 RTK Applied Aeronautics Albatross UAV PLANETAS (PLANetary Exploration Through Analog Science) PLANETAS enables analog science in support of human and robotic exploration https://www.nasa.gov/planetas POC: Alex Sehlke ([email protected]) Handheld/Portable Spectrometers Sample Preparation High-temperature Rheometer In-situ field and laboratory analyses • High, slow speed rock saws Viscosity & rheology measurements Loan agreements to other institutions • Diamond drill press (1" cores) of natural or synthetic lavas • Rock crusher • Concentric cylinder techn. • Polishing tables • 1700 - 1000ºC • Precision scales • 0.1 – 106 Pa s • Drying oven • Reducing atmosphere • Freezers • In-situ sampling Other supporting infrastructure • Work benches • ASD TerraSpec Halo VNIR – Mineralogy • PC workstations w/ internet • Bruker Tracer IV XRF - Geochemistry • Group meetings and presentation capabilities • SciAps Z-300 LIBS - Geochemistry Dr. Melissa Battler [email protected] SSERVI Analogs Focus Group July 16, 2021 ©2021 Mission Control Space Services Inc. 1 On-Demand Lunar Analogue Missions Book a Learn more at Demo https://missioncontrolspaceservices.com/lunar-testbed/ ©2021 Mission Control Space Services Inc. 2 Stony Brook University Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory Tim Glotch; [email protected]; https://cpex.labs.stonybrook.edu/tglotch Nicolet 6700 FTIR ASD FieldSpec3 Max Planetary and Asteroid Regolith ~1-100 μm 350-2500 nm Spectroscopy Environment Chamber (PARSEC) 2000-250 cm-1 • Thermal emission • Diffuse Reflectance • Specular Reflectance • ATR Hyperspectral Imaging at Multiple Spatial Scales Nicolet iN10MX Micro-FTIR WiTEC alpha300R Confocal Raman Neaspec NeaSNOM Near-Field IR 7000-715 cm-1; 25 μm/pixel ~100-3600 Δcm-1; <500 nm/pixel ~1.54-15.4 μm; 20 nm/pixel Broadband IR Amplitude R=Silicate G=Carbonate B=OH/H2O 2 mm Map of PAH 2 μm Marlow Lab: In-Place Imaging of Environmental Microbial Community Activity Activity-based Microscale Mapping Sample recovery Tracer addition In situ incubation Fixation & dehydration Resin embedding μCT Sectioning & polishing Fluor. microscopy SEM EDS Image processing Image co-registration Marlow et al., Environmental Microbiology, In Press Astrobiology Relevance: microbe-mineral interactions, mineralogical context as an “agnostic” biosignature? White light laser, fluorescence lifetime confocal microscope Austrian Space Forum and Analog Missions Seda Özdemir-Fritz & Gernot Grömer ÖSTERREICHISCHES WELTRAUM FORUM AUSTRIAN SPACE FORUM oewf.org • 13 Mars Analog Field Campaigns The Austrian Space Forum • > 750 hours simulated EVA Research organization since 1998, citizen science institution led by professionals (220 members), has led 12 international Mars analog • > 200 peer-review selected experiments expeditions • Hardware MARS2013 23 Nations - 17 Experiments • AOUDA-SERENITY spacesuit largest Mars analog field simulation simulators worldwide • Mars analog rovers • Research • Planetary surface operations • Optimizing remote science support • International Mars simulations • International collaboration for space exploration ÖSTERREICHISCHES WELTRAUM FORUM AUSTRIANÖWF SPACE FORUM oewf.org oewf.org Image Credits: OeWF Field-Test 1-Comissioning - July 2009, Kramsach, Austria The Austrian Space Forum Field-Test 2-Pasterze-Glacier, August 2009, Austria Field-Test 3-Cryo-Test, September 2009, Seefeld, Austria Field-Test 4-Eifel-region, September 2009, Germany Field-Test 5-Koppenbrueller-Cave, January 2010, Austria Field-Test 6-Innsbruck, May 2010, Austria Field-Test 7-Kaunertal Glacier, July 2010, Austria Field-Test 8-Rio Tinto Integrated Sim, April 2011, Spain Field-Test 9-Dachstein Ice Caves, May 2012, Austria Field-Test 10-MARS2013, February 2013, Morocco Field Test 11-AMADEE-15 Glacier, August 2015, Austria Field Test 12-AMADEE-18 Dhofar, February 2018, Oman APR --> VSAPR https://oewf.org/en /analog-planetary- research/ ÖSTERREICHISCHES WELTRAUM FORUM Field Test 13- AUSTRIANÖWF SPACE FORUM AMADEE-20 oewf.org oewf.org Negev Desert Israel, Image Credits: OeWF October 2021 Thank you! [email protected] Interest in the professional observers program or Mission Support/AMBT course? [email protected] ÖSTERREICHISCHES WELTRAUM FORUM AUSTRIAN SPACE FORUM oewf.org Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for the Identification and Quantification of Water Ice and Platinum Group Elements in Lunar Regolith Simulants Frédéric Diotte1, Myriam Lemelin1, François R. Doucet2 1 Université de Sherbrooke, 2 ELEMISSION Inc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ca H Ca Li Mg Ca 1mm EuroMoonMars Research on Analogues Prof. Bernard Foing Executive Director ILEWG EuroMoonMars, Prof Leiden/VU Amsterdam, EPFL, ISU, chair IAF ITACCUS, Vice chair COSPAR SC-B planets & PEX Exploration Panel co-director, Intl Moonbase Alliance, founder MoonVillage MVA Former ESA Chief scientist, chair of ESTEC staff, SMART-1 Project scientist, [email protected] & EuroMoonMars Team (2009-2021) & EMM Etna team 2021 B. Foing1-10 , C. Stoker1 , H. Rogers2 , A. Ehreiser, P. Lakomieck, L. Schlarmann, G. de Palma, ExoMars LEAPS M.Musilova2 , A. Weert2-4 , S. Mulder2-4 , S. Kerber2,3,12, , A. Castro2,3, C. Pouwels2,3,12, P. Das Rajkakati2,3 , M. Heemskerk2,3 , R. Heemskerk2,3,12, N. Sirikan2,3,6 , H. Boross2,3,6, A. Kolodziejczyk3,7, I.R.Perrier3,7,9