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• Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) Carried on Board the Curiosity Rover

  The Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) measures the abundance of chemical elements in the rocks and soil on Mars. Roughly the size and shape of a Rubik's cube, the APXS's sensor can gather data day and night. It takes two to three hours to analyze a sample to determine its constituent...

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • CSV

• Canadian Planetary Emulation Terrain 3D Mapping Dataset: CSA Mars Emulation T...

  This dataset consists of 102 laser scans obtained using a rover at the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Mars Emulation Terrain (MET). This dataset was collected for mapping purposes.

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • HTML
  • ZIP

• Lunar Exploration Analogue Deployment (LEAD) - Rover Data

  The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) partnered with the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a series of field tests to replicate scenarios of a lunar sample return mission. The location, a Quebec quarry, was slightly modified to emulate the lunar surface. In addition, to recreate the difficulty of...

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • other

• OSIRIS-REx

  NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission marks the first time Canada is participating in an asteroid sample return. OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu, an asteroid that has the potential to impact the Earth in the late 2100s. As part of this mission, Canada is contributing the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA)...

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • other

• Meteorological Station (MET) of the Phoenix Mission

  "It is important for the next exploration missions to learn more about the Mars planet climate. It is for this reason that the Phoenix robotic spacecraft landed on Mars in 2008 in order to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there. The...

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • CSV
  • TXT
  • PDF

• Astronautics Vocabulary

  The Astronautics Vocabulary is a glossary of terms that pertain to the science and technology of spaceflight.

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • CSV
  • HTML

• Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) dataset for materials for Planeta...

  LIBS is an emerging material-composition analytical technique based on spectroscopic analysis of light emitted by the laser spark induced in a sample of interest. It allows stand-off and real-time analysis capabilities in the field with no sample preparation.

  Organization:

  Canadian Space Agency

  Resource Formats:

  • ZIP
  • DOCX
  • CSV
  • TXT

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