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Dragonfly - DraMS (Dragonfly Mass spectrometer) (DraMS)

A central element of the payload is a highly capable mass spectrometer instrument, with front-end sample processing able to handle highmolecular-weight materials and samples of prebiotic interest. The system has elements from the highly successful SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) instrument on Curiosity, which has pyrolysis and gas chromatographic analysis capabilities, and also draws on developments for the ExoMars/MOMA (Mars Organic Material Analyser).

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693 Planetary Systems Lab 699 Planetary Environments Laboratory

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Deputy Principal Investigator
Melissa Grady Trainer

Related Publications

2024. "Unveiling the Nitrogen Chemistry of Titan with the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer: Experimental Focus on Amines and Amides.", ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 8 (9): 1832-1846 [10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00143] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Science Goals and Objectives for the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft Relocatable Lander.", The Planetary Science Journal, 2 (4): 130 [10.3847/psj/abfdcf] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Evaluation of the Interference of Tenax®TA Adsorbent with Dimethylformamide Dimethyl Acetal Reagent for Gas Chromatography-Dragonfly Mass Spectrometry and Future Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in situ Analysis.", Journal of Chromatography A, 464388 [10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464388] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Laser Desorption Mass Spectrometry of Cryogenic Samples on the Dragonfly Mission.", 2023 IEEE Aerospace Conference, [10.1109/aero55745.2023.10115534] [Proceedings]

2023. "Comparison of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH), trimethylsulfonium hydroxide (TMSH), and trimethylphenylammonium hydroxide (TMPAH) thermochemolysis for in situ space analysis of organic molecules in planetary environments.", Talanta, 257 124283 [10.1016/j.talanta.2023.124283] [Journal Article/Letter]

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