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Planetary Science Team

Characterising the Oxia Planum landing site.

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  • Our role in the ExoMars mission

    We are a group of scientists who helped select the landing site and are now studying it.

  • What the team is working on now

    Characterising the Oxia Planum landing site using new orbital imagery, planning a Royal Society 2020 exhibit for ExoMars, working on Mars Science Laboratory operations and science. We are also working on the Raman and Pancam instruments as part of the ExoMars team. Looking at new martian meteorites. We are also developing new technology for Mars Sample Return. Theses samples have to be kept in very controlled, clean environment, so there are lots of engineering and science challenges.

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  • What we’d do with the money

    Build an accurate model of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will help students see how the different instruments will be operated on Mars.

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Our Team Members

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  • John Bridges

    My Work on the ExoMars Mission:

    Iā€™m on PanCam, Raman instrument teams and did a lot of work in the selection of the landing site ā€“ Oxia Planum

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  • Adam Parkes Bowen

    My Work on the ExoMars Mission:

    I look at the landing site for the Rosalind Franklin rover using several different cameras on board spacecraft around Mars

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  • Peter Fawdon

    My Work on the ExoMars Mission:

    I am part of the team that studies the landing site, Oxia Planum. Specifically i work on making the maps that will guide the rover once it has landed.

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What the team is working on now

Characterising the Oxia Planum landing site using new orbital imagery, planning a Royal Society 2020 exhibit for ExoMars, working on Mars Science Laboratory operations and science.

We are also working on the Raman and Pancam instruments as part of the ExoMars team.

Looking at new martian meteorites.

We are also developing new technology for Mars Sample Return. Theses samples have to be kept in very controlled, clean environment, so there are lots of engineering and science challenges.

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What we’d do with the money

Build an accurate model of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will help students see how the different instruments will be operated on Mars.


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How to take part

Registration for the ExoMars Rover Zone is now closed. If you have been given a place, here’s what to do next:

1. Login and book your live chats for the Spring and Summer terms

If you have been given a place, you will have one live chat to book for your class between 6th January – 3rd April, and another between 20th April – 10th July.

2. Run the lessons with your class

We will send you a pack of resources in December, with your student login details and suggested lesson plans, for you to use in class.

3. Tell your students about the evening live chats

Extra live chats will take place one evening every other week for students and their families to chat to the engineers and ask questions.