SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development

Space Science Reviews, Nov 2020

SuperCam is a highly integrated remote-sensing instrumental suite for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. It consists of a co-aligned combination of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Time-Resolved Raman and Luminescence (TRR/L), Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy (VISIR), together with sound recording (MIC) and high-magnification imaging techniques (RMI). They provide information on the mineralogy, geochemistry and mineral context around the Perseverance Rover. The calibration of this complex suite is a major challenge. Not only does each technique require its own standards or references, their combination also introduces new requirements to obtain optimal scientific output. Elemental composition, molecular vibrational features, fluorescence, morphology and texture provide a full picture of the sample with spectral information that needs to be co-aligned, correlated, and individually calibrated. The resulting hardware includes different kinds of targets, each one covering different needs of the instrument. Standards for imaging calibration, geological samples for mineral identification and chemometric calculations or spectral references to calibrate and evaluate the health of the instrument, are all included in the SuperCam Calibration Target (SCCT). The system also includes a specifically designed assembly in which the samples are mounted. This hardware allows the targets to survive the harsh environmental conditions of the launch, cruise, landing and operation on Mars during the whole mission. Here we summarize the design, development, integration, verification and functional testing of the SCCT. This work includes some key results obtained to verify the scientific outcome of the SuperCam system.

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SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development

Space Sci Rev (2020) 216:138 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00764-w SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development J.A. Manrique1 · G. Lopez-Reyes1 · A. Cousin2 · F. Rull1 · S. Maurice2 · R.C. Wiens3 · M.B. Madsen4 · J.M. Madariaga5 · O. Gasnault2 · J. Aramendia5 · G. Arana5 · P. Beck6 · S. Bernard7 · P. Bernardi8 · M.H. Bernt4 · A. Berrocal9 · O. Beyssac7 · P. Caïs10 · C. Castro11 · K. Castro5 · S.M. Clegg3 · E. Cloutis12 · G. Dromart13 · C. Drouet14 · B. Dubois15 · D. Escribano16 · C. Fabre17 · A. Fernandez11 · O. Forni2 · V. Garcia-Baonza18 · I. Gontijo19 · J. Johnson20 · J. Laserna21 · J. Lasue2 · S. Madsen19 · E. Mateo-Marti22 · J. Medina1 · P.-Y. Meslin2 · G. Montagnac13 · A. Moral16 · J. Moros21 · A.M. Ollila3 · C. Ortega11 · O. Prieto-Ballesteros22 · J.M. Reess8 · S. Robinson3 · J. Rodriguez9 · J. Saiz1 · J.A. Sanz-Arranz1 · I. Sard11 · V. Sautter7 · P. Sobron23 · M. Toplis15 · M. Veneranda1 Received: 4 June 2020 / Accepted: 9 November 2020 © The Author(s) 2020 Abstract SuperCam is a highly integrated remote-sensing instrumental suite for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission. It consists of a co-aligned combination of Laser-Induced Breakdown The Mars 2020 Mission Edited by Kenneth A. Farley, Kenneth H. Williford and Kathryn M. Stack B J.A. Manrique 1 Unidad Asocida UVA-CSIC-CAB, University of Valladolid (UVA), Valladolid, Spain 2 Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), CNRS, CNES, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France 3 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA 4 Niels Bohr Institute (NBI), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark 5 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain 6 CNRS, Institut de Planetologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Universite Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin d’Heres, France 7 Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), CNRS, MNHN, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France 8 Laboratoire d’Etudes Spatiales et d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris-PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris, Meudon, France 9 Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España S.A. (ISDEFE), Madrid, Spain 10 Laboratoire d’astrophysique de Bordeaux, CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 11 Added Value Solutions (AVS), Elgóibar, Spain 12 U. Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada 13 Univ Lyon, ENSL, CNRS, LGL-TPE, Univ Lyon 1, 69007 Lyon, France 138 Page 2 of 27 J.A. Manrique et al. Spectroscopy (LIBS), Time-Resolved Raman and Luminescence (TRR/L), Visible and Infrared Spectroscopy (VISIR), together with sound recording (MIC) and high-magnification imaging techniques (RMI). They provide information on the mineralogy, geochemistry and mineral context around the Perseverance Rover. The calibration of this complex suite is a major challenge. Not only does each technique require its own standards or references, their combination also introduces new requirements to obtain optimal scientific output. Elemental composition, molecular vibrational features, fluorescence, morphology and texture provide a full picture of the sample with spectral information that needs to be co-aligned, correlated, and individually calibrated. The resulting hardware includes different kinds of targets, each one covering different needs of the instrument. Standards for imaging calibration, geological samples for mineral identification and chemometric calculations or spectral references to calibrate and evaluate the health of the instrument, are all included in the SuperCam Calibration Target (SCCT). The system also includes a specifically designed assembly in which the samples are mounted. This hardware allows the targets to survive the harsh environmental conditions of the launch, cruise, landing and operation on Mars during the whole mission. Here we summarize the design, development, integration, verification and functional testing of the SCCT. This work includes some key results obtained to verify the scientific outcome of the SuperCam system. Keywords Perseverance rover · Jezero crater · LIBS · Raman spectroscopy · Infrared spectroscopy · SuperCam · Calibration 1 Introduction The Mars 2020 mission and its Rover, Perseverance, will continue NASA’s efforts in the exploration of Mars and the search for life on that planet (Mustard et al. 2013). Three of the four main objectives of the mission are related to the search of biosignatures on Mars: to study the geology of the planet and its habitability, to look for potential biomarkers or reservoirs where they could be preserved, and to collect documented samples for a future Mars Sample Return Mission (Farley et al. 2020, this issue). Perseverance leverages the architecture of the Curiosity rover (Mustard et al. 2013), and its heritage is extended to part of the payload, with SuperCam being an example (Wiens et al. 2020; Maurice et al. 2020, this issue). 14 CIRIMAT, Université de Toulouse, CNRS/UT3/INP, Ensiacet, Toulouse, France 15 Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, France 16 Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain 17 GeoRessources, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France 18 Instituto de Geociencias CSIC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain 19 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA 20 Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, USA 21 University of Malaga (UMA), Málaga, Spain 22 Centro de Astrobiología-CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain 23 SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development Page 3 of 27 138 Fig. 1 The SuperCam Calibration Targets are at the rear of Perseverance’s deck, on the right side in the forward direction. Photo at Kennedy Space Center. Credits NASA/JPL-Caltech. (Left) An ESD bag is covering the Mastcam-Z primary calibration target; below Mastcam-Z secondary calibration targets SuperCam is a standoff instrument, designed to be a multianalytical suite of five coaligned techniques: Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Time-Resolved Raman and Luminescence (TRR/L), Visible (VIS) and Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy (VISIR), Remote Micro-Imaging (RMI) and sound recording (MIC). For detailed descriptions of these techniques, see Maurice et al. (2020, this issue) and Wiens et al. (2020, this issue). This suite, with the synergistic use of all of its techniques, makes SuperCam a cornerstone tool for operational decisions regarding the rover’s actions and traverse, as it extends scientific exploration far beyond the range of action of the robotic arm. The instrument is composed of three main subsystems: the Body Unit is located inside the body of the rover and contains the three spectrometers used for LIBS, Raman and luminescence, and the VIS range of passive spectroscopy (Wiens et al. 2020, this issue). The Mast Unit is located at the top of the mast, above Mastcam-Z and Navcams, and includes the laser, focusing and collection optics, the microphone, the imager, and (...truncated)


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J. A. Manrique, G. Lopez-Reyes, A. Cousin, F. Rull, S. Maurice, R. C. Wiens, M. B. Madsen, J. M. Madariaga, O. Gasnault, J. Aramendia, G. Arana, P. Beck, S. Bernard, P. Bernardi, M. H. Bernt, A. Berrocal, O. Beyssac, P. Caïs, C. Castro, K. Castro, S. M. Clegg, E. Cloutis, G. Dromart, C. Drouet, B. Dubois, D. Escribano, C. Fabre, A. Fernandez, O. Forni, V. Garcia-Baonza, I. Gontijo, J. Johnson, J. Laserna, J. Lasue, S. Madsen, E. Mateo-Marti, J. Medina, P.-Y. Meslin, G. Montagnac, A. Moral, J. Moros, A. M. Ollila, C. Ortega, O. Prieto-Ballesteros, J. M. Reess, S. Robinson, J. Rodriguez, J. Saiz, J. A. Sanz-Arranz, I. Sard, V. Sautter, P. Sobron, M. Toplis, M. Veneranda. SuperCam Calibration Targets: Design and Development, Space Science Reviews, 2020, pp. 1-27, Volume 216, Issue 8, DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00764-w