Through international cooperation, visa and FMI contribute to Mars again
It is well known that visa pull technology can withstand the test of bad environment, there are more severe than the space environment?In July, visa sensor technology will serve as the Finnish meteorological institute (FMI) is an important part of the development of measuring instruments, aboard NASA's Mars vehicle perseverance, again out of earth orbit, headed for the space.
FMI is a member of the European Union, the alliance provides called for perseverance, the Mars exploration roversMars environmental dynamics analyzer (MEDA)The measuring equipment.FMI's contribution to the MEDA in provides visa pull sensor based humidity and pressure measuring instrument.
With Mars rover technology
Perseverance, Mars exploration rover has four scientific goals: determine whether there have been life on Mars;Look for possible signs of microbial life in the past, in order to study the Martian climate;To determine the geological characteristics of the Mars;Finally, verify the use of natural resources in the Martian environment for life support and fuel, the key technologies to prepare the way for human exploration.
Perseverance, Mars vehicle equipment all samples and data collected is related to whether Mars has potential to become home life.Mars rovers will also perform other scientific research, such as weather and dust monitoring, to help people understand the weather phenomenon on Mars.
In order to get the data on the surface of the red planet, NASA chose a trustworthy partner for Mars, the apparatus for measuring instrument.A dominated by Spain, the European Union provides a MEDA Mars rover, this is a set of used to measure temperature, wind speed and direction, pressure, relative humidity and dust size and shape of the sensor.FMI instrument has as MEDA components delivered to NASA.
Except MEDA, perseverance, Mars exploration rover to Mars will also carry other instruments, these instruments will be used in the environmental samples and research and test new technologies.The Mars rovers will carry: camera systemMastcam Z;Can provide remote imaging, chemical composition analysis and mineral analysis instrumentSuperCam;X-ray rock chemical planetarium (Planetary Instrument for X - ray Lithochemistry, PIXL);And to provide fine imaging, the use of ultraviolet (UV) laser spectrometer to determine the mineral composition and detect organic compoundsSHERLOC (using Raman spectroscopy and cold light Scanning Habitable environment to detect organic and chemical, Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals).Other instruments include: the use of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Mars generated oxygen to support future manned missions of technology,Mars Oxygen on the Resource Utilization Experiment (Mars Oxygen In - Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, MOXIE)Level, and can provide the underground geological structure cm resolution ground penetrating radar (GPR)Mars underground Experiment Radar imaging (Radar Imager for Subsurface Mars' Experiment, IMFAX).
The same technology - different planets
With visa pull BAROCAP ® and HUMICAP ® sensors, NASA will be able to obtain the Martian atmosphere pressure, and humidity levels of accurate readings.Importantly, Mars car carrying a trustworthy's visa and many of the earth's industrial and environmental applications using the same technology.humidity和压力测量是维萨拉名副其实赖以生存的基石：HUMICAP® 传感器于 20 世纪 70 年代初期进入市场，短短几年后，BAROCAP® 传感器随之问世。
A new generation of Mars rovers perseverance are installed on the pressure and humidity measuring instrument is in 2012, NASA's curiosity Mars car enhanced version of the installed equipment.In 2015, we heard the sensational news from the red planet, the curiosity in the technology tools (for example by visa pull sensor technology provides a measure of the support and FMI design suite), with the help of found evidence of water.
The new mission equipment will make up for the inadequacy of curiosity.Curiosity and perseverance, the Mars exploration rovers on Mars, will form a small network.This network is only the first step, it bodes well for the future Mars will set up extensive observation network.
Let observation achievement of a better world
To explore space can promote innovation and international cooperation, improve our understanding of the world around.FMI and visa have full of enthusiasm.
NASA's Mars next task plan on July 30, 2020 launch, but do you know?In addition to the recent and upcoming Mars exploration mission, visa very long history of supplying space detection sensors, can be traced back to the 1950 s.Please visit thevaisala.com/space, to learn more about our previous space exploration activities and related to the upcoming rover launch update!
The Mars 2020 mission and NASA's Mars exploration program for more information, please visit:Mars. NASA. Gov/mars2020.
