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  2. Bringing a Bit of Mars Back Home


    Credit: Henry Bortman
    Mars sample return – bringing rocks from Mars back to Earth – has been on NASA’s wish list for decades, and work is underway to develop the necessary technology. Recently a group of scientists field-tested a robotic system that can drill into rocks, collect small core samples and store them for later retrieval. The field test included members of the NASA JPL robotics team that developed the coring and caching system, and scientists from AMASE, a NASA-funded group that has explored Mars-analog sites on the Arctic island of Svalbard.

    Source: [astrobio.net]

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  3. AMASE 2009 Expedition Finishes



    Researchers report from the field during the closing days of the AMASE 2009 Expedition to Norway’s Svalbard island in the arctic. As the mission completed, the team simulated a week in the life of a Mars rover science team in preparation for a future Mars sample return mission.

    Part 1: AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off
    Part 2: Roving the AMASEing Arctic
    Part 3: The AMASEing Adventure Continues
    Part 4: Amase-ing Life on the Ice
    Part 5: Goddess of the Arctic
    Part 6: Arctic Preparations for Mars

    Source: [astrobio.net]

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  4. Arctic Preparations for Mars


    Previous missions to Mars have been searching for signs that Mars once had liquid water, and potentially habitats for life. The next generation of martian rovers will search for signs of past or present life on Mars more directly. Technologies for such missions are now being tested in the remote arctic.

    Part 1: AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off
    Part 2: Roving the AMASEing Arctic
    Part 3: The AMASEing Adventure Continues
    Part 4: Amase-ing Life on the Ice
    Part 5: Goddess of the Arctic

    Source: [astrobio.net]

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  5. Goddess of the Arctic



    Members of the 2009 AMASE Expedition describe their work in the ‘scientific playground’ of Bockfjorden on the arctic island of Svalbard. The team collected samples of rock and ice that will be examined for signs of life. In doing so, they are testing technologies that will one day be used on Mars.

    Part 1: AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off
    Part 2: Roving the AMASEing Arctic
    Part 3: The AMASEing Adventure Continues
    Part 4: Amase-ing Life on the Ice

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  6. Amase-ing Life on the Ice


    AMASE 2009 Expedition
    Far north in the arctic, the AMASE 2009 expedition team is collecting samples of unique life that inhabits the glacial ice of Svalbard, Norway. The expedition is a test for technology that could one day be used in the search for life on Mars.

    Part 1: AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off
    Part 2: Roving the AMASEing Arctic
    The AMASEing Adventure Continues

    Source: [astrobio.net]

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  7. The AMASEing Adventure Continues


    Svalbard Norway
    Coverage of the 2009 AMASE Expedition to Norway’s Svalbard island continues. In this installment, Adrienne Kish discusses the steps that were taken to prepare the FIDO rover for its first appearance on Svalbard, where it is collecting samples and looking for signs of life in preparation for Mars.

    Part 1: AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off
    Part 2: Roving the AMASEing Arctic

    Source: [astrobio.net]

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  8. A New Way to Keep Clean


    It is almost impossible to get a spacecraft completely clean before launch. Therefore, missions to other planets carry some risk of forward contamination – where microorganisms from Earth travel along with the spacecraft to its destination. This is a big problem in the search for life on planets like Mars, because you don’t want to contaminate the site you’re going to be studying. To help combat this problem, a team of scientists funded by a NASA ASTEP award have developed a new cleaning protocol that could be used for future missions to Mars and beyond.

    Source: [Astrobiology Magazine]

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