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NEWS AND VIEWS


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Science Priorities for Mars Sample Return
The MEPAG Next Decade Science Analysis Group
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 489-535.
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RESEARCH PAPERS


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A Facility for Long-Term Mars Simulation Experiments: The Mars Environmental Simulation Chamber (MESCH)
Lars Liengaard Jensen, Jonathan Merrison, Aviaja Anna Hansen, Karina Aarup Mikkelsen, Tommy Kristoffersen, Per Nørnberg, Bente Aagaard Lomstein, Kai Finster
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 537-548.
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Establishment of a Rearing System of the Extremotolerant Tardigrade Ramazzottius varieornatus: A New Model Animal for Astrobiology
Daiki D. Horikawa, Takekazu Kunieda, Wataru Abe, Masahiko Watanabe, Yuichi Nakahara, Fumiko Yukuhiro, Tetsuya Sakashita, Nobuyuki Hamada, Seiichi Wada, Tomoo Funayama, Chihiro Katagiri, Yasuhiko Kobayashi, Seigo Higashi, Takashi Okuda
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 549-556.
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Tides and the Evolution of Planetary Habitability
Rory Barnes, Sean N. Raymond, Brian Jackson, Richard Greenberg
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 557-568.
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INTRODUCTION


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Astrobiology Special Collection: Instruments for In Situ Exploration of Planets
Max Coleman, Frank Grunthaner
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 569-570.
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SPECIAL PAPERS


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Mitigation of the Impact of Terrestrial Contamination on Organic Measurements from the Mars Science Laboratory
Inge L. ten Kate, John S. Canham, Pamela G. Conrad, Therese Errigo, Ira Katz, Paul R. Mahaffy
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 571-582.
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The Urey Instrument: An Advanced In Situ Organic and Oxidant Detector for Mars Exploration
Andrew D. Aubrey, John H. Chalmers, Jeffrey L. Bada, Frank J. Grunthaner, Xenia Amashukeli, Peter Willis, Alison M. Skelley, Richard A. Mathies, Richard C. Quinn, Aaron P. Zent, Pascale Ehrenfreund, Ron Amundson, Daniel P. Glavin, Oliver Botta, Laurence Barron, Diana L. Blaney, Benton C. Clark, Max Coleman, Beda A. Hofmann, Jean-Luc Josset, Petra Rettberg, Sally Ride, François Robert, Mark A. Sephton, Albert Yen
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 583-595.
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Subcritical Water Extractor for Mars Analog Soil Analysis
Xenia Amashukeli, Frank J. Grunthaner, Steven B. Patrick, Pun To Yung
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 597-604.
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The Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) Experiment for NASA's 2009 Mars Science Laboratory
M.L. Litvak, I.G. Mitrofanov, Yu.N. Barmakov, A. Behar, A. Bitulev, Yu. Bobrovnitsky, E.P. Bogolubov, W.V. Boynton, S.I. Bragin, S. Churin, A.S. Grebennikov, A. Konovalov, A.S. Kozyrev, I.G. Kurdumov, A. Krylov, Yu.P. Kuznetsov, A.V. Malakhov, M.I. Mokrousov, V.I. Ryzhkov, A.B. Sanin, V.N. Shvetsov, G.A. Smirnov, S. Sholeninov, G.N. Timoshenko, T.M. Tomilina, D.V. Tuvakin, V.I. Tretyakov, V.S. Troshin, V.N. Uvarov, A. Varenikov, A. Vostrukhin
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 605-612.
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JIRAM, the Image Spectrometer in the Near Infrared on Board the Juno Mission to Jupiter
Alberto Adriani, Angioletta Coradini, Gianrico Filacchione, Jonathan. I. Lunine, Alessandro Bini, Claudio Pasqui, Luciano Calamai, Fedele Colosimo, Bianca M. Dinelli, Davide Grassi, Gianfranco Magni, Maria L. Moriconi, Roberto Orosei
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 613-622.
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Challenges for Coring Deep Permafrost on Earth and Mars
S.M. Pfiffner, T.C. Onstott, T. Ruskeeniemi, M. Talikka, C. Bakermans, D. McGown, E. Chan, A. Johnson, T.J. Phelps, M. Le Puil, S.A. Difurio, L.M. Pratt, R. Stotler, S. Frape, J. Telling, B. Sherwood Lollar, I. Neill, B. Zerbin
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 623-638.
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Surface and Downhole Prospecting Tools for Planetary Exploration: Tests of Neutron and Gamma Ray Probes
R.C. Elphic, P. Chu, S. Hahn, M.R. James, D.J. Lawrence, T.H. Prettyman, J.B. Johnson, R.K. Podgorney
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 639-652.
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DAME: Planetary-Prototype Drilling Automation
B. Glass, H. Cannon, M. Branson, S. Hanagud, G. Paulsen
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 653-664.
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Drilling Systems for Extraterrestrial Subsurface Exploration
K. Zacny, Y. Bar-Cohen, M. Brennan, G. Briggs, G. Cooper, K. Davis, B. Dolgin, D. Glaser, B. Glass, S. Gorevan, J. Guerrero, C. McKay, G. Paulsen, S. Stanley, C. Stoker
Astrobiology. June 2008, 8(3): 665-706.
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