Program and Abstracts Exploration of Phobos and Deimos: Corporate Sponsors Technical Organizing Committee Preface

Spacecraft exploration of Phobos and Deimos

We review the previous exploration of Phobos and Deimos by spacecraft. The first close-up images of Phobos and Deimos were obtained by the Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971, followed by much image data from the two Viking orbiters at the end of the 70s, which formed the basis for early Phobos and Deimos shape and dynamic models. The Soviet Phobos 2 spacecraft came within 100 km of landing on Phobos ...

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Spectral absorptions on Phobos and Deimos in the visible/near infrared wavelengths and their compositional constraints

Absorption features on Phobos and Deimos in the visible/near infrared wavelength region (0.4–3.9 lm) are mapped using observations from the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM). Fe electronic absorptions diagnostic of olivine and pyroxene are not detected. A broad absorption centered around 0.65 lm within the red spectral units of both moons is detected, and this feature...

Comparison of Deimos and Phobos as Destinations for Human Exploration and Identification of Preferred Landing Sites

A human mission to one of the two moons of Mars has been suggested as an easier precursor before a mission to land on Mars itself. Astronauts would explore the moon in person and teleoperate rovers on the surface of Mars with minimal lag time, returning samples to Earth. Lockheed Martin evaluated such a mission as part of its Stepping Stones sequence of missions in the spirit of the “Flexible P...

The first Moscow Solar System Symposium (1M-S) Mars system studies Moscow 2010 PLANETARY LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FOR SURFACE EXPLORATION ON PHOBOS and DEIMOS -- A FEASIBILITY STUDY