The Close-Up Imager Onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover: Objectives, Description, Operations and Science Validation Activities

Jean-Luc Josset; Frances Westall; Beda A. Hofmann; John Spray; Charles Cockell; Stephan Kempe; Andrew D. Griffiths; Maria Cristina de Sanctis; Luigi Colangeli; Detlef Koschny; Karl Föllmi; Eric Verrecchia; Larryn Diamond; Marie Josset; Emmanuelle J. Javaux; Francesca Esposito; Matthew Gunn; Audrey L. Souchon-Leitner; Tomaso R. R. Bontognali; Oleg Korablev; Suren Erkman; Gerhard Paar; Suren Ulamec; Frédéric Foucher; Philippe Martin; Antoine Verhaeghe; Mitko Tanevski; Jorge L. Vago

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The Close-Up Imager Onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover: Objectives, Description, Operations and Science Validation Activities

Jean-Luc Josset, Frances Westall, Beda A. Hofmann, John Spray, Charles Cockell, Stephan Kempe, Andrew D. Griffiths, Maria Cristina de Sanctis, Luigi Colangeli, Detlef Koschny, Karl Föllmi, Eric Verrecchia, Larryn Diamond, Marie Josset, Emmanuelle J. Javaux, Francesca Esposito, Matthew Gunn, Audrey L. Souchon-Leitner, Tomaso R. R. Bontognali, Oleg KorablevSuren Erkman, Gerhard Paar, Suren Ulamec, Frédéric Foucher, Philippe Martin, Antoine Verhaeghe, Mitko Tanevski, Jorge L. Vago

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The Close-Up Imager (CLUPI) onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover is a powerful high-resolution color camera specifically designed for close-up observations. Its accommodation on the movable drill allows multiple positioning. The science objectives of the instrument are geological characterization of rocks in terms of texture, structure, and color and the search for potential morphological biosignatures. We present the CLUPI science objectives, performance, and technical description, followed by a description of the instrument's planned operations strategy during the mission on Mars. CLUPI will contribute to the rover mission by surveying the geological environment, acquiring close-up images of outcrops, observing the drilling area, inspecting the top portion of the drill borehole (and deposited fines), monitoring drilling operations, and imaging samples collected by the drill. A status of the current development and planned science validation activities is also given. Key Words: Mars—Biosignatures—Planetary Instrumentation. Astrobiology 17, 595–611

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	595-611
Number of pages	17
Journal	Astrobiology
Volume	17
Issue number	6-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1546
Publication status	Published - 01 Jul 2017

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Josset, J.-L., Westall, F., Hofmann, B. A., Spray, J., Cockell, C., Kempe, S., Griffiths, A. D., de Sanctis, M. C., Colangeli, L., Koschny, D., Föllmi, K., Verrecchia, E., Diamond, L., Josset, M., Javaux, E. J., Esposito, F., Gunn, M., Souchon-Leitner, A. L., Bontognali, T. R. R., ... Vago, J. L. (2017). The Close-Up Imager Onboard the ESA ExoMars Rover: Objectives, Description, Operations and Science Validation Activities. Astrobiology, 17(6-7), 595-611. https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1546

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