MARS-DW
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Updated: 13 May 2015 - 12:45am by L. Moreno
Start:2005 / End:2006
Principal investigator: Luis Moreno Lorente
Funder:
Center for Astrobiology, INTA
Martian dust wiper
The objective of the project was to develop an extremely light wheight mechanism able to maintain free of dust the surface of a set of UV sensor to operate in Mars. The actuation mechanism is based in a SMA wire and the whole UV measurement equipment has
The objective of the project was to develop an extremely light wheight mechanism able to maintain free of dust the surface of a set of UV sensor to operate in Mars. The actuation mechanism is based in a SMA wire and the whole UV measurement equipment has a total weight below 100 grams.
The thermal operation conditions comes from -130 degrees to 30 degrees.