20 nov. 2025 · This time-lapse video, which has been sped up by 24 times, uses an engineering model of one of the instruments aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover to show how the instrument …

SuperCam is a suite of remote-sensing instruments for the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission that performs remote analyses of rocks and soils with a camera, two lasers and four spectrometers to …

12 apr. 2021 · SuperCam operates at remote distances, primarily 2–7 m, while providing data at sub-mm to mm scales. We report on SuperCam’s science objectives in the context of the Mars 2020 mission …

The SuperCam instrument, an improved version of the ChemCam instrument on Curiosity rover, implements a remote micro-scale characterization of the mineralogy and elemental chemistry of the …

SuperCam combines several remote-sensing techniques in order to study both the Martian surface and its atmosphere: 1. the LIBS (Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) technique gives access to the …

30 jul. 2020 · Like ChemCam, SuperCam is able to analyse the chemical composition of rocks by firing a laser at them, a technique called laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy or LIBS.

12 apr. 2021 · We report on SuperCam’s science objectives in the context of the Mars 2020 mission goals and ways the different techniques can address these questions.

SuperCam performs remote observations around the rover allowing a large number of acquisitions. When analyzing a target, several point analyses are performed when doing LIBS, Raman and/or VISIR, …

28 okt. 2021 · We present the Infrared spectrometer of SuperCam Instrument Suite that enables the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to study remotely the Martian mineralogy within the Jezero crater.

10 mrt. 2021 · Perched atop the rover’s mast, SuperCam’s 12-pound (5.6-kilogram) sensor head can perform five types of analyses to study Mars’ geology and help scientists choose which rocks the …