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(a) CORALS engineering test unit. (b) Schematic diagram of Fig. 1a illustrating key subsystems and components. (c) Ion optics simulation using SIMION® 8.1, showing a cut plane of the instrument. The brown structures show the geometry of electrodes, and red lines show ion trajectories generated within a 110-μm diameter circle centered on the optical axis. -- International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

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Chemical Imaging With A Spaceflight LDMS Instrument For Planetary Exploration

by Keith CowingMarch 10, 2026March 10, 2026

One of the analytical advantages of Laser desorption/ablation mass spectrometry (LDMS) is its potential for spatially-resolved composition analysis of solid samples, supporting 2D chemical mapping and/or 3D depth profiling as […]

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Chemical Imaging With A Spaceflight LDMS Instrument For Planetary Exploration

Opportunity to Contribute to NASA DARES Community White Paper on Phototrophic Biosignatures

NASA Establishes Mars Forward Operational Risk and Contamination Evaluation (M-FORCE) Tiger Team to Shape Mars Planetary Protection Protocols

Miraflores Butte On Mars

Ocean World Exploration: 2026 American Samoa ROV + Mapping Exploration

Development Of An Adaptive Optics Testbed At MPIA For The ELT/Planetary Camera And Spectrograph (PCS)