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J. A. Schaffner
Publications - 15
Citations - 1485
J. A. Schaffner is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mars Exploration Program & Mars Hand Lens Imager. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 984 citations.
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Instrument Overview
Mark S. Robinson,S. Brylow,M. Tschimmel,David C. Humm,Samuel J. Lawrence,Peter C. Thomas,Brett W. Denevi,E. Bowman-Cisneros,J. Zerr,M. A. Ravine,Michael Caplinger,F. T. Ghaemi,J. A. Schaffner,Michael C. Malin,Prasun Mahanti,Arlin E. Bartels,J. Anderson,T. Tran,Eric M. Eliason,Alfred S. McEwen,Elizabeth P. Turtle,Bradley L. Jolliff,Harald Hiesinger +22 more
TL;DR: The Wide Angle Camera (WAC) and Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) are on the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) as discussed by the authors, and the primary mission of LRO is to obtain measurements of the Moon that will enable future lunar human exploration.
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Curiosity’s Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) Investigation
Kenneth S. Edgett,R. Aileen Yingst,Michael A. Ravine,Michael Caplinger,Justin N. Maki,F. Tony Ghaemi,J. A. Schaffner,James F. Bell,L. J. Edwards,Kenneth E. Herkenhoff,Ezat Heydari,Linda C. Kah,Mark T. Lemmon,Michelle E. Minitti,T. S. Olson,Timothy J. Parker,Scott K. Rowland,Juergen Schieber,Robert Sullivan,Dawn Y. Sumner,Peter C. Thomas,E. Jensen,John J. Simmonds,Aaron J. Sengstacken,Reg G. Willson,Walter Goetz +25 more
TL;DR: The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) as mentioned in this paper was used to investigate the stratigraphy and grain-scale texture, structure, mineralogy and morphology of geologic materials in northwestern Gale crater.
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The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Mast cameras and Descent imager: Investigation and instrument descriptions.
Michael C. Malin,Michael A. Ravine,Michael Caplinger,F. Tony Ghaemi,J. A. Schaffner,Justin N. Maki,James F. Bell,James F. Cameron,William E. Dietrich,Kenneth S. Edgett,L. J. Edwards,James B. Garvin,Bernard Hallet,Kenneth E. Herkenhoff,Ezat Heydari,Linda C. Kah,Mark T. Lemmon,Michelle E. Minitti,T. S. Olson,Timothy J. Parker,Scott K. Rowland,Juergen Schieber,R. S. Sletten,Robert Sullivan,Dawn Y. Sumner,R. Aileen Yingst,Brian M. Duston,S. McNair,E. Jensen +28 more
TL;DR: The Mars Descent Imager is fixed‐mounted to the bottom left front side of the rover at ~66 cm above the surface, and its fixed focus lens is in focus from ~2 m to infinity, but out of focus at 66 cm.
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Perseverance’s Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) Investigation
Rohit Bhartia,Luther W. Beegle,Lauren DeFlores,W. Abbey,Joseph Razzell Hollis,Kyle Uckert,Brian Monacelli,Kenneth S. Edgett,M. R. Kennedy,Margarite Sylvia,David Aldrich,Mark S. Anderson,Sanford A. Asher,Zachary J. Bailey,Kerry Boyd,Aaron S. Burton,M. Caffrey,Michael J. Calaway,Robert J. Calvet,Bruce G. Cameron,Michael Caplinger,Nataly Chen,Amy Chen,Matthew J. Clark,Samuel M. Clegg,Pamela G. Conrad,Moogega Cooper,K. Davis,Bethany L. Ehlmann,Linda Facto,Marc Fries,Dan H. Garrison,Denine Gasway,F. Tony Ghaemi,Trevor G. Graff,Kevin P. Hand,Cathleen M. Harris,Jeffrey D. Hein,Nicholas A. Heinz,Harrison Herzog,Eric B. Hochberg,Andrew Houck,William F. Hug,E. Jensen,Linda C. Kah,John Kennedy,Robert Krylo,Johnathan Lam,Mark Lindeman,Justin McGlown,John Michel,Edward A. Miller,Zachary Mills,Michelle E. Minitti,Fai Mok,James D. Moore,Kenneth H. Nealson,Anthony Nelson,Raymond Newell,Brian E. Nixon,Daniel A. Nordman,Danielle Nuding,Sonny Orellana,Michael Pauken,Glen Peterson,Randy Pollock,Heather Quinn,Claire Quinto,Michael A. Ravine,Ray D. Reid,Joe Riendeau,Amy Ross,Joshua Sackos,J. A. Schaffner,Mark A. Schwochert,Molly O Shelton,Rufus Simon,Caroline Smith,Pablo Sobron,Kimberly Steadman,Andrew Steele,Dave Thiessen,Vinh D. Tran,Tony Tsai,Michael Tuite,Eric Tung,Rami Wehbe,Rachel Weinberg,Ryan H. Weiner,Roger C. Wiens,Kenneth H. Williford,Chris Wollonciej,Yen-Hung Wu,R. Aileen Yingst,Jason Zan +94 more
TL;DR: The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) is a robotic arm-mounted instrument on NASA's Perseverance rover as mentioned in this paper.
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The Mars 2020 Engineering Cameras and Microphone on the Perseverance Rover: A Next-Generation Imaging System for Mars Exploration
Justin N. Maki,D. Gruel,Colin McKinney,M. A. Ravine,M. Morales,D. Lee,Reg G. Willson,D. S. Copley-Woods,M. Valvo,Timothy Goodsall,J. McGuire,R. G. Sellar,J. A. Schaffner,Michael Caplinger,J. M. Shamah,Andrew E. Johnson,H. Ansari,K. Singh,T. Litwin,Robert G. Deen,A. Culver,N. Ruoff,D. Petrizzo,D. Kessler,Christophe Basset,Tara Estlin,Farah Alibay,Adam Nelessen,S. S. Algermissen +28 more
TL;DR: The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is equipped with a next-generation engineering camera imaging system that represents an upgrade over previous Mars rover missions, which will improve the operational capabilities of the rover with an emphasis on drive planning, robotic arm operation, instrument operations, sample caching activities, and documentation of key events during entry, descent, and landing (EDL).