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Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM): Profiles
Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) is a suite of instruments developed for use on the Mars Science Laboratory. By looking for evidence of water, carbon, and other important building blocks of life in the Mars soil and atmosphere, this suite will help answer one of humankind's biggest questions about the planet: did it ever support life? SAM was designed and built in an international collaboration between Goddard Space Flight Center, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Paris, and Honeybee Robotics. This video series highlights some of Goddard's contributors to the project.

This video profiles Jess Lewis, designer of SAM's Solid Sample Inlet Tube (SSIT). The SSIT is essentially a high-tech funnel that helps direct the Mars soil into the SAM suite for analysis.    This video profiles Jess Lewis, designer of SAM's Solid Sample Inlet Tube (SSIT). The SSIT is essentially a high-tech funnel that helps direct the Mars soil into the SAM suite for analysis.
Duration: 1.8 minutes
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This video profiles Dan Carrigan, the engineer primarily responsible for building SAM's QMS, or Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer. QMS's purpose is to break down the Mars atmosphere and vaporized soil into their components and help scientists identify what those components are.    This video profiles Dan Carrigan, the engineer primarily responsible for building SAM's QMS, or Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer. QMS's purpose is to break down the Mars atmosphere and vaporized soil into their components and help scientists identify what those components are.
Duration: 1.4 minutes
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This video profiles Synthia Tonn, a junior engineer responsible for SAM's ground support equipment as well as its 'plumbing,' or the series of tiny, winding gas lines that connect SAM's various instruments.    This video profiles Synthia Tonn, a junior engineer responsible for SAM's ground support equipment as well as its 'plumbing,' or the series of tiny, winding gas lines that connect SAM's various instruments.
Duration: 2.1 minutes
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Animation Number:10206
Completed:2008-04-16
Producer:Chris Smith (UMBC)
Video Editor:Chris Smith (UMBC)
Scientist:Paul Mahaffy (NASA/GSFC)
Instrument:SAM
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Engineers
 
 
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