Article history: Received 18 March 2016 Revised 16 July 2016 Accepted in revised form 28 July 2016 Available online xxxx Photoluminescence piezospectroscopy (PLPS) was used as a non-destructive technique for the measurement of residual stresses within the thermally grown oxide (TGO) layer beneath plasma-spray thermal barrier coatings (TBC). The technique has proved to be very effective for such...

Measurements of the yield of important trace gas species such as ozone, evolved during photolytic reactions have been made under Martian environmental conditions in one of the The Open University’s Mars simulation chambers. The simulation chamber can mimic Martian temperatures and pressures and a UV solar simulator can be added to irradiate a Marslike gas mixture within the chamber to drive che...

The Colour and Stereo Surface Science Imaging System (CaSSIS) of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter returns on average twenty images per day Martian surface, most them in 3 or 4 colours some stereo. CaSSIS uses a push-frame approach to acquire colour images, with four bandpass filters deposited directly above sensor an imaging cadence synchronized ground track velocity cover imaged area tens small, ...

We present the first water vapor profiles encompassing upper mesosphere of Mars, 100–120 km, far exceeding maximum altitudes where remote sensing has been able to observe date. Our results are based on solar occultation measurements by Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) onboard ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The observed wavelength range around 2.7 ?m possesses strong CO2 and H2O absorption li...

The middle infrared (MIR) channel of the Atmospheric Chemistry Suite (ACS) instrument onboard ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) ESA-Roscosmos mission has performed Solar occultation measurements Martian atmosphere in 2.3-4.2 $\mu$m spectral range since March 2018, which now covers two Years (MY). We use methodology previously developed for study MY 34 Global Dust Storm (GDS) (Stcherbinine et al.,...

Abstract The Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) named Schiaparelli, was the ESA-led Mars lander element of ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars 2016 mission. Following launch on 14 March with Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) cruise to Mars, Schiaparelli separated for encounter demonstrate entry, descent landing technologies. Although 19 October final touchdown surface operation were not achieved, oth...

We report vertical profiles of water and D/H for one Martian year as measured with the TGO/NOMAD instrument. The observations were performed via solar occultation, providing up to ?100 km ?60 km, a resolution 1–2 km. measurements reveal dramatic variability over short timescales altitude location on planet. investigated release seasonal from polar caps during southern northern summer, by mappin...