Overview of Japan's Melos1 Mars Mission: Mars Exploration for Life/organism Search
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SEARCH. T. Satoh, T. Kubota, K. Fujita, T. Okada, T. Iwata, T. Imamura, A. Oyama, N. Ogawa, K. Yamada (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), H. Miyamoto (University of Tokyo), A. Yamagishi (Tokyo University of Life and Pharmacy), G. Komatsu (IRSPS), T. Usui (Tokyo Institute of Technology), G. L. Hashimoto (Okayama University), H. Demura (Aizu University), H. Senshu (Chiba Institute of Technology), S. Sasaki (Osaka University), and G. Ishigami (Keio University). ISAS/JAXA, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan ([email protected]).
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