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Thermal Infrared Spectrometers for the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far‐Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE) Open

Brian J. Drouin, Tristan L’Ecuyer, Sharmila Padmanabhan, M. C. Foote, Rudi Bendig , et al. · 2025

The Polar Radiant Energy in the Far‐InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) was selected by NASA to fly two miniaturized Thermal InfraRed Spectrometers (TIRS) capable of distinguishing the spectral signatures of surface and atmospheric properties in…

A compact MEMS gravimeter with sub ng performance Open

W. T. Pike, Constantinos Charalambous, S. B. Calcutt, I. M. Standley · 2024

We present the performance of a MEMS accelerometer capable of sub-migroGal Allan variance out to a period of 1000 s. The gravimeter incorporates a monocrystalline silicon suspension and capacitive sensing with electromagnetic feedback. The…

Farside Seismic Suite (FSS): First-ever seismology on the farside of the Moon and a model for long-lived lunar science Open

M. P. Panning, S. Kedar, Neil E. Bowles, S. B. Calcutt, M. Drilleau , et al. · 2022

<p>The Farside Seismic Suite (FSS), recently selected for flight as part of the NASA PRISM (Payloads and Research Investigations on the Surface of the Moon) program and planned for flight in 2024 or 2025, would deliver two seismomete…

Resonances of the InSight Seismometer on Mars Open

K. Hurst, Lucile Fayon, Brigitte Knapmeyer‐Endrun, Cédric Schmelzbach, Martin van Driel , et al. · 2021

The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) seismometer was deployed to the surface of Mars in December 2018–February 2019. The specific deployment conditions, which are very different from t…

Ice-Giants Net Flux Radiometer for Heat Flux Measurements Open

Shahid Aslam, S. B. Calcutt, Nicolas Gorius, P. G. J. Irwin, George Nehmetallah , et al. · 2021

We present the evolving design of an Ice-Giants Net Flux Radiometer (IG-NFR) [1][2][3], onboard a probe, Fig. 1, for in-situ measurements of the upward and downward heat flux in seven spectral channels as a function of altitude/pressure. T…

MoonShake: A Future Lunar Seismic Network Delivered by Penetrators Open

Ceri Nunn, S. B. Calcutt, P. E. Clark, T. M. Eubanks, S. Kedar , et al. · 2021

Whitepaper #219 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: interior evolution and volcanism; Mercury and/or the Moon; solar system formation, dynamics processes, and chronology

Standing on Apollo’s Shoulders: A Microseismometer for the Moon Open

Ceri Nunn, W. T. Pike, I. M. Standley, S. B. Calcutt, S. Kedar , et al. · 2021

Seismometers deployed on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts from 1969 to 1972 detected moonquakes and impacts, and added to our understanding of the lunar interior. Several lunar missions are currently being planned, including the Commercia…

Spectral Characterization of Bennu Analogs Using PASCALE: A New Experimental Set‐Up for Simulating the Near‐Surface Conditions of Airless Bodies Open

K. L. Donaldson Hanna, Neil E. Bowles, T. Warren, V. E. Hamilton, D. L. Schrader , et al. · 2020

We describe the capabilities, radiometric stability, and calibration of a custom vacuum environment chamber capable of simulating the near‐surface conditions of airless bodies. Here we demonstrate the collection of spectral measurements of…

Modelling the expected observations of the Advanced Ice Giants Net Flux Radiometer (IG-NFR) instrument concept, under study for future entry probe missions to Uranus or Neptune. Open

P. G. J. Irwin, S. B. Calcutt, Jack Dobinson, Juan Alday, Arjuna James , et al. · 2020

The NASA Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Report (2017) recommended the high scientific importance of sending a mission with an orbiter and a probe to one of the Ice Giants, with preferential launch dates in the 2029-2034 timeframe. S…

Standing on Apollo's Shoulders: a Microseismometer for the Moon - Electronic Supplement Open

Ceri Nunn, W. T. Pike, I. M. Standley, S. B. Calcutt, S. Kedar , et al. · 2020

***These files are an archive of the github site: https://github.com/cerinunn/apollo-shoulders *** Seismometers deployed on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts from 1969 to 1972 detected moonquakes and impacts and added to our understanding …

Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data Open

Philippe Lognonné, W. B. Banerdt, W. T. Pike, Domenico Giardini, Ulrich R. Christensen , et al. · 2020

SEIS: Insight’s Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure of Mars Open

Philippe Lognonné, W. B. Banerdt, Domenico Giardini, W. T. Pike, Ulrich R. Christensen , et al. · 2019

The DREAMS Experiment Onboard the Schiaparelli Module of the ExoMars 2016 Mission: Design, Performances and Expected Results Open

F. Esposito, S. Debei, C. Bettanini, Cesare Molfese, Ignacio Arruego , et al. · 2018

Isolation of Seismic Signal from InSight/SEIS-SP Microseismometer Measurements Open

John V. Hurley, Naomi Murdoch, N. A. Teanby, N. Bowles, T. Warren , et al. · 2018

The ESA Earth Explorer 10 Candidate Mission LOCUS Open

Dan Gerber, BN Ellison, Peter G. Huggard, A Valavanis, EH Linfield , et al. · 2018

We present the ESA Earth Explorer candidate mission LOCUS. LOCUS is under evaluation for Phase-0 Study in the current 10th ESA Earth Explorer Call (EE10). It is a UK mission proposal for an upper atmospheric research satellite that uses di…

CASTAway: An asteroid main belt tour and survey Open

Neil E. Bowles, C. Snodgrass, Alison Gibbings, Joan-Pau Sanchez Cuartielles, Jessica A. Arnold , et al. · 2017

Analysis of gaseous ammonia (NH3) absorption in the visible spectrum of Jupiter Open

P. G. J. Irwin, Neil E. Bowles, Ashwin Braude, Ryan Garland, S. B. Calcutt · 2017

The formation and evolution of Titan’s winter polar vortex Open

N. A. Teanby, Bruno Bézard, Sandrine Vinatier, M. Sylvestre, C. A. Nixon , et al. · 2017

Seismic Coupling of Short-Period Wind Noise Through Mars’ Regolith for NASA’s InSight Lander Open

N. A. Teanby, Jennifer Stevanović, James Wookey, Naomi Murdoch, J. Hurley , et al. · 2016

THE EXOMARS CLIMATE SOUNDER (EMCS) INVESTIGATION. Open

J. T. Schofield, D. M. Kass, A. Kleinböhl, D. J. McCleese, Mark Allen , et al. · 2015

The ExoMars Climate Sounder (EMCS) investi-gation plans to map daily, global, pole-to-pole pro-files of temperature, dust, water and CO2 ices, and water vapor from the proposed 2016 ExoMars Trace

The Long wave (11–16 μm) spectrograph for the EChO M3 Mission Candidate study Open

Neil E. Bowles, Mathias Tecza, J. K. Barstow, J. Temple, P. G. J. Irwin , et al. · 2015

The Hera Saturn entry probe mission Open

O. Mousis, D. H. Atkinson, Thomas R. Spilker, Ethiraj Venkatapathy, J. Poncy , et al. · 2015

EVOLUTION OF THE FAR-INFRARED CLOUD AT TITAN’S SOUTH POLE Open

D. E. Jennings, R. K. Achterberg, V. Cottini, C. M. Anderson, F. M. Flasar , et al. · 2015

A condensate cloud on Titan identified by its 220 cm (sup -1) far-infrared signature continues to undergo seasonal changes at both the north and south poles. In the north the cloud, which extends from 55 North to the pole, has been gradual…

Roadmap for Solar System Research July 2015 Open

C. S. Arridge, Hilary Downes, B. Forsyth, A. W. Hood, K. H. Joy , et al. · 2015

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