NASA Glenn engineer Norman Prokop refines microscope that could study Martian soil. Credits: NASA
NASA sends rovers to Mars to photograph the landscape and operate scientific experiments to understand the habitat for humans or other kinds of life. One of those future rover missions may host the Martian Aqueous Habitat Reconnaissance Suite (MAHRS), a set of 5 instruments that can take surface measurements in the search for habitable environments.
Developed at NASA Glenn in partnership with the University of Michigan, MAHRS is specifically focused on searching for wet brine environments in the shallow subsurface of Mars. “Brine environments are where you would look for life,” says Project Manager Dan Vento...
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