SHERLOC to Micro-Map Mars Minerals and Carbon Rings
An ultraviolet-light instrument on the robotic arm of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will use two types of ultraviolet-light spectroscopy, plus a versatile camera, to help meet the mission’s ambitious goals, including a search for signs of past life on Mars and selection of rock samples for possible return to Earth.
It is called SHERLOC, for Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals. (more…)