Development of ultra-compact near-IR hyperspectral imagers for the exploration of the Solar System using acousto-optical filtering technique.
Development of ultra-compact near-IR hyperspectral imagers for the exploration of the Solar System using acousto-optical filtering technique.
PTAL is a H2020 project (2016-2021) consisting of preparing the analysis of in situ space missions (such as Rovers Perseverance, Curiosity, ExoMars) which have near-infrared, Raman, X-ray diffraction and LIBS spectroscopic instruments. The project consisted in observing several analogous samples of planetary surfaces with space or laboratory instruments in order to make a spectral database. This work was done in collaboration with the University of Oslo and the University of Valladolid. The data is accessible on the site https://ptal.eu/ and the associated publications on https://ptal.eu/publications
Contact : François Poulet
In addition to the instrumental developments and the analysis of data from different missions, we seek to enhance the data resulting from our analyzes. It is in this context that an observation service has been set up to be able to archive and merge different types of data concerning the surface of Mars. We invite you to browse the features and data made available on the site:
http://psup.ias.u-psud.fr
This service is recognized as national service by INSU.
Contact : François Poulet
The IAS supplied the RMI micro-camera for the ChemCam instrument to provide the context of the LASER shots of the LIBS instrument.
Contact : John Carter
The Mars2020 / Perseverance rover is the NASA's 2nd large-scale in situ exploration mobile robotic mission. The rover is based on the Curiosity except that the mission will have the ability to encapsulate Martian samples that could be recovered later by another so-called sample return mission. IAS was in charge of the calibration of the near-infrared IRS point spectrometer developed by LESIA and IRAP within the SuperCam instrumental consortium led by Los Alamos (USA). IRS is the first near-infrared spectrometer on the surface of Mars. It is one of Supercam's major iinstruments and allows to constrain the mineralogical composition of rocks and Martian soil. We also actively participated in the selection of the landing site.
Contact: François Poulet
PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) a été sélectionnée comme mission M3 du programme Cosmic Vision de l'ESA. Le lancement est prévu en 2026. Son but est de décrire les systèmes stellaires observés et d'en caractériser les planètes.
L'équipe sera fortement impliquée dans le segment sol (ainsi que dans l'analyse scientifique).
Contacts: M. Ollivier (pour la partie exoplanètes) et T. Appourchaux (pour la partie stellaire)
ARIEL is a space telescope that will systematically probe the atmospheres of a thousand extrasolar planets, from gas giants to rocky planets, whether hot or temperate around stars of different types. ARIEL will measure the composition and structure of planetary atmospheres, constrain the nature of planetary cores, detect the presence of clouds and study interactions with the host star. More details.
Contact : M. Ollivier
The BepiColombo mission was launched on October 19, 2018 for an arrival at Mercury in 2026. This ambitious mission will study all aspects of the closest planet to the sun, from interior to surface to magnetosphere. More details on the launch here.
Contacts : Yves Langevin, François Poulet, Mathieu Vincendon