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ESA's Planetary Science Archive: Preserve and present reliable scientific data sets
De Marchi, G.; Besse, S.; Vallat, C. +15 more
The European Space Agency (ESA) Planetary Science Archive (PSA) is undergoing a significant refactoring of all its components to improve the services provided to the scientific community and the public. The PSA supports ESA's missions exploring the Solar System by archiving scientific peer-reviewed observations as well as engineering data sets. Th…
Virtual Planetary Space Weather Services offered by the Europlanet H2020 Research Infrastructure
André, N.; Budnik, E.; Grande, M. +25 more
Under Horizon 2020, the Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure (EPN2020-RI) will include an entirely new Virtual Access Service, "Planetary Space Weather Services" (PSWS) that will extend the concepts of space weather and space situational awareness to other planets in our Solar System and in particular to spacecraft that voyage through it. PSWS …
Understanding the origin of methane on Mars through isotopic and molecular data from the ExoMars orbiter
Etiope, Giuseppe
The identification of methane (CH4) and its origin on Mars is a major mandate of the ExoMars mission, because this gas has potential links with biological activity. Starting in 2018, the NOMAD spectrometer suite of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter can measure, in the martian atmosphere, important parameters that can contribute to identific…
Adsorption of methane and CO2 onto olivine surfaces in Martian dust conditions
Martin-Torres, Javier; Escamilla-Roa, Elizabeth; Sainz-Díaz, C. Ignacio
Methane has been detected on all planets of our Solar System, and most of the larger moons, as well as in dwarf-planets like Pluto and Eric. The presence of this molecule in rocky planets is very interesting because its presence in the Earth's atmosphere is mainly related to biotic processes. Space instrumentation in orbiters around Mars has detec…