MoonLITE – Technological feasibility of the penetrator concept (2008)
Smith, A., Crawford, I. A., Ball, A. J., Barber, S. J., Church, P., Gao, Y., ...
Introduction: While the surface missions to the Moon of the 1960s and 1970s achieved a great deal, scientifically a great deal was also left unresolved. The recent plethora of lunar missions (flown...
Siegert, M.J., Behar, A., Bentley, M., Blake, D., Christoffersen, P., Cockell, C., ...
Antarctic subglacial lakes have, over the past few years, been hypothesised to house unique forms of life and hold detailed sedimentary records of past climate change. Testing this hypothesis...
Gibson, E. K., McKay, D. S., Pillinger, Colin, Wright, Ian, Sims, M. R., Richter, L.
The Beagle Science Package is a flight qualified set of instruments which should be deployed to the lunar surface to answer the questions about water and volatiles present in permanently shadowed...
Gibson, E. K., McKay, D. S., Pillinger, C. T., Wright, I. P., Sims, M. R., Richter, L.
The Beagle Science Package is a flight qualified set of instruments which should be deployed to the lunar surface to answer the questions about water and volatiles present in permanently shadowed...
Concepts for a low-cost Mars micro mission (2006)
Walker, R. J., Ball, A. J., Price, M. E., Sims, M. R., Taylor, F. W., Wells, N. S., ...
This paper summarises three novel micro-mission concepts for the low-cost exploration of the Martian system. These concepts have been studied under national funding with the aim of defining highly...
The Beagle 2 stereo camera system (2005)
Griffiths, A.D., Coates, A.J., Paar, G., Hofmann, B., Pullan, D., ...
The stereo camera system (SCS) was designed to provide wide-angle multi-spectral stereo imaging of the Beagle 2 landing site. Based on the Spacc-X micro-cameras, the primary objective was to...
The Beagle 2 stereo camera system (2005)
Griffiths, A.D., Coates, A.J., Josset, J-L., Paar, G., Hofmann, B., Pullan, D., ...
The stereo camera system (SCS) was designed to provide wide-angle multi-spectral stereo imaging of the Beagle 2 landing site. Based on the Space-X micro-cameras, the primary objective was to...
Instrumentation For Geological Fieldwork on the Moon (2005)
Talboys, D. L., Fraser, G. W., Ambrosi, R. M., Nelms, N., Bannister, N. P., Sims, M. R., ...
A human return to the Moon will require that astronauts are well equipped with instrumentation to aid their investigations during geological field work. Two instruments are described in detail. The...
The Specific Molecular Identification of Life Experiments (SMILE) (2005)
Sims, M.R., Cullen, D.C., Bannister, N.P., Grant, W.D., Henry, O., Jones, R., ...
The Beagle 2 environmental sensors: science goals and instrument description (2004)
Towner, M.C., Patel, M.R., Ringrose, T.J., Zarnecki, J.C., Pullan, D., Sims, M.R., ...
A suite of instruments on the Beagle 2 Mars lander was designed and built in order to investigate the environmental conditions at the landing site. The sensor suite was capable of measuring air...
Beagle 2: Mission to Mars — current status (2004)
Gibson, E. K., Pillinger, C. T., Wright, I. P., Morgan, G. H., Yau, D., Stewart, J. L. C., ...
Beagle 2, developed in the UK, was launched on June 2, 2003. It landed on Mars on December 25th, 2003 in Isidis Planitia, a large sedimentary basin. To date, the team is awaiting signals from the...
Selection of the landing site in Isidis Planitia of Mars probe Beagle 2 (2003)
Bridges, J.C., Seabrook, A.M., Rothery, D.A., Kim, J.R., Pillinger, C.T., Sims, M.R., ...
This paper describes selection and characterization of the landing site for the Mars 2004 Beagle 2 mission. The site is within Isidis Planitia between 10°–12°N, 266°–274°W, centered at...
Scientific objectives of the Beagle 2 lander (2003)
Wright, I.P., Sims, M.R., Pillinger, C.T.
Beagle 2 is the name given to the lander part of the ESA Mars Express mission (launch 2003). The main focus of Beagle 2 is to establish whether there is convincing evidence for past life on Mars, or...
The Beagle 2 environmental sensors: intended measurements and scientific goals (2003)
Towner, M. C., Ringrose, T. J.im, Patel, M. R., Pullan, D., Sims, M. R., Haapanala, S., ...
The Beagle 2 lander, due for arrival on Mars in December 2003, carries an Environmental Sensors Suite to monitor the local meteorology and carry out simple dust and oxidant measurements. The suite is...
The microscope for the Beagle 2 lander on ESA's Mars Express (2003)
Thomas, N., Hviid, S. F., Keller, H. U., Markiewicz, W. J., Blümchen, T., Basilevsky, A. T., ...
The microscope for the Beagle 2 lander on Mars Express will provide 4 µm per pixel images of rock and soil samples. The instrument is described and test results are presented.
Revised target co-ordinates for the Beagle 2 lander (2003)
Bridges, J., Seabrook, A. M., Rothery, D. A., Pillinger, C. T., Sims, M. R., Wright, I. P.
The revised, IAU 2000 target co-ordinates of the Mars Beagle 2 lander are 11.6oN, 90.75oE.
An evaluation of in situ analysis and sample return in the exploration of Mars (2002)
Sims, M.R., Pullan, D., Pillinger, C.T., Wright, I.P.
In this paper, the case for sample return is examined against in situ analysis and the merits of each approach are discussed. In situ analysis techniques are highly advanced with a large number of...
The Beagle landing site in Isidis Planitia (2001)
Bridges, J.B., Seabrook, A.M., Kim, J.R., Muller, J-P., Rothery, D.A., Pillinger, C.T., ...
The Mars probe Beagle 2 will land in Isidis Planitia. This region satisfies the engineering constraints and has evidence for particularly volatile-rich subsoil. Isidis provides a suitable place for...
Beagle 2: Abstract #6086 (2000)
Hall, D. S., Pillinger, C. T., Sims, M. R., Pullan, D., Whitehead, S., Thatcher, J., ...
Beagle 2: The Exo-Biology Lander on ESA's 2003 Mars Express Mission (1999)
Sims, M. R., Pillinger, C. T., Wright, I. P., Morgan, G., Pullan, D., Whitehead, S., ...
Beagle 2: The exo-biology lander on ESA's 2003 Mars Express mission. (1998)
Hoover, R. B., Sims, M. R., Pillinger, C. T., Wright, I. P., Morgan, G., Fraser, G., ...
Maxillary incisor fracture is a common dental injury. It is frequently treated by endodontic therapy, orthodontic extrusion, and a retention period. The aim of the study was to mimic this regime and...
This investigation tested the hypotheses that (1) tissue channels (TC) exist in normal periodontal ligament (PDL) between the cervical and apical zones, and (2) orthodontic tooth tension alters their...
A wide field camera for X-ray astronomy. (1981)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Leicester, 1981.