Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements

The Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CESR) is a French laboratory of space astrophysics. It is located in Toulouse. The centers main areas of investigation are: space plasmas, planetology, the high energy universe, the cold Universe.

It is jointly operated by CNRS and Toulouse's Paul Sabatier University.

Projects

The ChemCam instrument on Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory) was developed by CESR in conjunction with the Los Alamos National Laboratory.[1][2][3] It landed on the planet Mars in August 2012.

References

  1. ↑ "MSL Science Corner: Chemistry & Camera (ChemCam)". NASA/JPL.
  2. ↑ Salle B., Lacour J. L., Mauchien P., Fichet P., Maurice S., Manhes G. (2006). "Comparative study of different methodologies for quantitative rock analysis by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in a simulated Martian atmosphere" (PDF). Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy 61 (3): 301–313. Bibcode:2006AcSpe..61..301S. doi:10.1016/j.sab.2006.02.003.
  3. ↑ Wiens R.C., Maurice S. (2008). "Corrections and Clarifications, News of the Week". Science 322 (5907): 1466. doi:10.1126/science.322.5907.1466a. PMID 19056960.

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