Search for life on Mars in surface samples: Lessons from the 1999 Marsokhod rover field experiment

Engineering & Materials Science

• Chlorophyll 90%
• Image resolution 60%
• Rocks 47%
• Carotenoids 47%
• Cyanobacteria 46%
• Exfoliation (materials science) 44%
• Infrared spectrometers 42%
• Biomolecules 39%
• Near infrared spectroscopy 38%
• Raman spectroscopy 37%
• Optical resolving power 37%
• Spectrometers 33%
• Carbonates 31%
• Experiments 30%
• Image sensors 29%
• Image compression 28%
• Minerals 28%
• Infrared radiation 24%
• Cameras 19%
• Planning 17%

Chemical Compounds

• Chlorophyll 92%
• Vis-NIR Spectroscopy 61%
• Serpentine 60%
• Near-Infrared Spectrum 51%
• Carotenoid 47%
• Mineral 34%
• Carbonate 33%
• Raman Spectroscopy 31%
• Green 29%
• Surface 26%
• Simulation 26%
• Environment 24%
• Time 15%

Physics & Astronomy

• mars 100%
• chlorophylls 42%
• organisms 36%
• Mojave Desert (CA) 35%
• rocks 32%
• Mars Pathfinder 32%
• mission planning 28%
• carotenoids 24%
• lessons learned 23%
• infrared spectrometers 21%
• high resolution 20%
• carbonates 19%
• minerals 16%
• infrared spectra 16%
• infrared spectroscopy 15%
• Raman spectroscopy 14%
• signatures 13%
• cameras 13%
• spectrometers 12%
• simulation 6%