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A passion for exploration
Published in Journal of Plankton Research
Binary choice experiments under natural solar radiation were used to test short- term behavioral responses of freshwater calanoid copepods to ultraviolet radiation (UV). Responses of the nine species from 15 populations spanning North and South America included both UV attraction and UV avoidance, and varied among habitats, species and populations....
Published in Journal of Raman Spectroscopy
Laser Raman spectroscopy (LRS) has been proposed for in situ characterization of molecular species in planetary surface exploration, and three laser Raman spectrometers are included in the science payloads of two under-development missions to Mars (ESA- ExoMars2018 and NASA-Mars2020). We report the first rover test of a laser Raman spectrometer dev...
Published in Journal of Field Robotics
This field report describes the design and operations of the Planetary LakeLander (PLL) probe and its ground data systems. LakeLander s primary mission is to characterize the physical, chemical, and biological processes occurring in a high-altitude lake, and how they are being impacted by rapid deglaciation. LakeLander s secondary purpose is to tes...
Ancient Martian lacustrine environments must be considered as primary targets to explore on Mars. Terrestrial studies show that lakes are exceptional sites to keep the record of the evolution of climate, geology, water and life. Finding this record is also the principal objective of the Mars Surveyor Program. This record encompasses changes at loca...
Our poster presents the Licancabur project overall objectives and summarizes the results of the first expedition to the highest lake on Earth that took place in 2002. It also describes the direction and developments of this project in the coming years as a unique terrestrial analog to Mars.
Lakes were abundant and active on early Mars for 100s millions of years. As global climate change prevented liquid water from remaining stable at the surface, they left behind key evidence of their past existence and duration in the landscape morphology, mineralogy, composition, and topography. As significant markers of environmental change, they h...
On Earth, lakes provide favorable environments for the development of life and its preservation as fossils. They are extremely sensitive to climate fluctuations and to conditions within their watersheds. As such, lakes are unique markers of the impact of environmental changes. Past and current missions have now demonstrated that water once flowed a...
For ten years of sustained exploration and scientific discovery on the surface of Mars with the Mars Exploration Rovers