JSC Mars-1: Martian Regolith Simulant
Abstract
We have developed a simulant to the regolith of Mars for support of scientific research, engineering studies, and education. JSC Mars-1 is the less than 1-mm size fraction of a palagonitic tephra (glassy volcanic ash altered at low temperatures). The material was collected from the Pu'u Nene cinder cone, located in the saddle between Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes on the Island of Hawaii. Palagonitic tephra from this cone has been repeatedly cited as a close spectral analog to the bright regions of Mars.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997LPI....28...27A
- Keywords:
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- Mars Surface;
- Regolith;
- Volcanoes;
- Geochemistry;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Mars Volcanoes;
- Fractions;
- Hawaii;
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration;
- BACTERIA;
- BIOFILMS;
- CARBONATES;
- NANOBACTERIA;
- TRAVERTINE