Japanese strategic Mars exploration: Participation in the Mars Ice Mapper Mission with a focus on aqueous-environment, space weather, and climate

Kanako Seki; Tomohiro Usui; Yasuhito Sekine; Atsushi Yamazaki; Kazuhisa Fujita; Naoki Terada; Takeshi Imamura; MACO WG

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U (Union ) » Union

[U-08] Large-scale Projects in Earth and Planetary Science

Mon. May 23, 2022 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Exhibition Hall Special Setting (2) (Exhibition Hall 8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Takuji Nakamura(National Institute of Polar Research), convener:Eiichi Tajika(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo), Kenji Satake(Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo), convener:Yukihiro Takahashi(Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University), Chairperson:Kenji Satake(Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo)

1:45 PM - 2:08 PM

[U08-08] Japanese strategic Mars exploration: Participation in the Mars Ice Mapper Mission with a focus on aqueous-environment, space weather, and climate

*Kanako Seki¹, Tomohiro Usui², Yasuhito Sekine³, Atsushi Yamazaki², Kazuhisa Fujita², Naoki Terada⁴, Takeshi Imamura⁵, MACO WG² (1.Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2.ISAS, JAXA, 3.ELSI, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4.Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, 5.Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)

Keywords:Mars, Space weather and climate, International space exploration

This presentation reports on the status of concept studies for Japanese participation in the international Mars Ice Mapper (MIM) mission with a focus on aqueous-environment, space weather, and climate. We have been studied possibilities to provide sub-science payloads for MIM orbiter and EDL demonstration lander.