The search for life signatures on Mars by the Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission
We present the proposed strategic study, 'Integrated elements for Martian life signature exploration', to support the sampling and identification of any potential biosignatures in compliance with the engineering constraints of the Tianwen-3 mission.
Authors
- Bingkun Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2758-1960)
- Shichao Ji
- Liping Qin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8647-7795)
- Mengjiao Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-7520)
- Yuyan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2551-5425)
- Jizhong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-5231)
- Yang Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-2507)
- Fuchuan Pang
- Guangfei Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-2300)
- Ren‐Zhi Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4131-1660)
- Yiliang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-0941)
- Zhuping Sheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-527X)
- Yuming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8887-3919)
- Jia Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7960-8662)
- Juntao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2837-6822)
- Chaolin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4067-0976)
- K. Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7665-7784)
- Zengqian Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9574-0235)
- Chuanpeng Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3135-5405)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CN)
- Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (CN)
- Chengdu University of Technology (CN)
- China National Space Administration (CN)
- National Space Science Center (CN)
- Geological Exploration Technology Institute of Jiangsu Province (CN)
- Space Engineering University (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- National Science Review
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwae313
- Citations
- 25
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.29