The Athena Science Payload for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers

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Jan 2001

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First Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers, p. 65

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Mars Exploration, Payloads, Roving Vehicles, Mars Surface, Mars (Planet), Measuring Instruments, Mineralogy, X Ray Spectrometers, Mossbauer Effect, Imaging Techniques, Chemical Composition

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The Athena Mars rover payload is a suite of scientific instruments and tools for geologic exploration of the martian surface. It is designed to: (1) Provide color stereo imaging of martian surface environments, and remotely-sensed point discrimination of mineralogical composition. (2) Determine the elemental and mineralogical composition of martian surface materials, including soils, rock surfaces, and rock interiors. (3) Determine the fine-scale textural properties of these materials. Two identical copies of the Athena payload will be flown in 2003 on the two Mars Exploration Rovers. The payload is at a high state of maturity, and first copies of several of the instruments have already been built and tested for flight.

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