Research/ PLANETARY ROBOTICS
In-Situ Water Vapor Probe for a Robot Arm-Mounted, Compact Water Vapor Analyzer: Preliminary Results
Richard A. Socki, Paul B. Niles, Mike Cabiran, Chris Rossi, Tao Sun
LPSC 2013//NASA Johnson Space Center
Space × Robotics
Technique
Manipulation & Graspingtext match
Indexed as
NTRSInstrumentation and Photography
This work describes the ongoing development of an instrument package for the in-situ detection and isotopic analysis of water (from ice, icy soils, and hydrated minerals) on future lunar, asteroid, or martian exploration missions. This instrument is intended to be mounted on a robotic arm and be brought to the sample, rather than necessitating expensive and complicated sample handling to bring the sample to the instrument.