The Mars Chamber
The Mars chamber is a box—about the size of a refrigerator—that re-creates the temperatures, pressures, and atmosphere of the Martian surface, essentially creating a Mars environment on Earth!
Scientists and engineers use this chamber to test experiments on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite—a fully functioning chemistry lab about the Curiosity Mars rover.
By re-creating Mars on Earth and using an exact duplicate of SAM, scientists can "pre-run" experiments on SAM to make sure everything will work properly on the Mars rover. Learn more about the Mars chamber by watching this video!
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Chris Smith (HTSI)
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Video editor
- Chris Smith (HTSI)
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Interviewee
- Chris Johnson (Bastion)
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Producer
- Chris Smith (HTSI)
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Scientist
- Paul Mahaffy (NASA/GSFC)
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Videographers
- Chris Smith (HTSI)
- Rob Andreoli (Advocates in Manpower Management, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, July 18, 2012.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.
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The Mars Chamber
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 4:00AM
Produced by - Brendan Antiochos (NASA)