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Rover exploded
Credits Thalès Alenia Space
CHARACTERISTICS 
Total mass: 258 kg
Payload mass: 16,5 kg
PASTEUR Instruments:
MicrOmega, WISDOM, CLUPI, Ma_MISS, Mars-XRD, MOMA, PanCam, Raman

Detail of the components
of the head - Credits ESA

Detail of the components
of the arm - Credits ESA

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THE ROVERS
 

The Esa's Exomars Rover's main characteristics

The whole Rover Module weighs 258 kg (including 16.5 kg instruments)

The Rover Module needs to fit under the descent module hood

The Rover Module will accommodate the 16.5 kg of the PASTEUR payload instrument set together with the necessary payload support functions.

The Rover Module design will facilitate the Assembly, Integration and Validation (AIV) and the Assembly, Integration and Tests (AIT) activities.
The Rover Module design will also allow for activities in a sterile environment for Instrument integration.

 
INSTRUMENTS OF THE ESA'S EXOMARS ROVER
 

Position of the instruments on the rover - © Thales Alenia Space
Position of the instruments on the rover
© Thales Alenia Space

The rover payload, PASTEUR, includes the 8 instruments grouped in the following three subsets:

    Panoramic instruments
      PanCam: Panoramic Cameras
      WISDOM (Water Ice and Subsurface Deposit Observation on Mars): UHF Radar for a penetration of 2 to 3 meters
    Contact instruments
      CLUPI (CLose-UP Imager on ExoMars): close-up imaging for geological environment characterisation
      Raman: Raman laser spectroscopy for the study of Martian samples
      Ma_MISS (Mars Multispectral Imager for Subsurface Studies): spectrometer for the analysis of surface and sub-surface Martian material
    Analytical instruments
      MicrOmega-IR: infrared and visible microscope for the study of Martian samples
      Mars-XRD (X-Ray Diffractometer): analysis of crystal structure by diffraction with X-rays
      MOMA (Mars Organic Molecule Analyser): gas chromatograph to analyse the organic and inorganic material on and below the surface od Mars

The French contributions to the PASTEUR payload are particularly important for 5 of the 9 instruments: MicrOmega, WISDOM, MOMA , Raman and CLUPI.


Latest update 15/10/2010
 
INSTRUMENTS

Drill system		  

MOMA		  

PanCam		  

Raman