{"id":1216,"date":"2018-02-12T14:02:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T19:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/class\/?page_id=1216"},"modified":"2024-10-03T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T18:40:24","slug":"simulant_marsglobal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/simulant_marsglobal\/","title":{"rendered":"MGS-1 Mars Global Simulant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Exolith Simulant: MGS-1 Mars Global Simulant<\/h2>\n

Mineralogy<\/h2>\n

The mineralogy below is the most up-to-date, superseding that described in Cannon et al. 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mineral<\/th>\nWt.%<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Plagioclase<\/td>\n27.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glass-rich basalt<\/td>\n22.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pyroxene<\/td>\n20.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivine<\/td>\n13.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mg-sulfate<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferrihydrite<\/td>\n3.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hydrated silica<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Magnetite<\/td>\n1.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anhydrite<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fe-carbonate<\/td>\n1.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hematite<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Simulant Name:<\/strong> MGS-1 Mars Global Simulant
\nCurrent Status:<\/strong> Available
\nDeveloped By:<\/strong> University of Central Florida<\/div>\n
Publications:<\/strong> Cannon, K. M., D. T. Britt, T. M. Smith, R. F. Fritsche, and D. Batcheldor (2019), Mars Global Simulant MGS-1: A Rocknest-based Open Standard for Basaltic Martian Regolith Simulants. Icarus, 317<\/em>, 470-478.<\/a><\/div>\n
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UCF has ceased production of the simulant. The simulant is now offered by Space Resource Technologies, a spin-off company. You can reach Space Resources Technologies at the following email address: <\/span><\/span>info@spaceresourcetech.com<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Mars Global Simulant (MGS-1) is a mineralogical standard for basaltic soils on Mars, developed based on quantitative mineralogy from the MSL Curiosity rover. It is designed to replicate the Rocknest windblown soil, that is chemically similar to other basaltic soils at disparate landing sites and thus constitutes a \u201cglobal\u201d basaltic soil composition. MGS-1 is made by sourcing individual minerals, including a proper treatment of the X-ray amorphous component. This is in contrast to previous Mars simulants that were usually sourced from a single terrestrial deposit (basalt or palagonite).<\/p>\n

Modified versions include\u00a0MGS-1S Sulfate ISRU<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0MGS-1C Clay ISRU<\/strong>, specifically designed for water extraction applications. The root MGS-1 simulant is appropriate to test water extraction from bulk regolith.<\/p>\n

Images<\/h2>\n

Photograph of an MGS-1 prototype:<\/p>\n

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MAHLI image of the Rocknest soil (credit NASA\/JPL-Caltech\/MSSS):<\/p>\n

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Exolith Simulant: MGS-1 Mars Global Simulant Mineralogy The mineralogy below is the most up-to-date, superseding that described in Cannon et al. 2019. Mineral Wt.% Plagioclase 27.1 Glass-rich basalt 22.9 Pyroxene 20.3 Olivine 13.7 Mg-sulfate 4.0 Ferrihydrite 3.5 Hydrated silica 3.0 Magnetite 1.9 Anhydrite 1.7 Fe-carbonate 1.4 Hematite 0.5 Simulant Name: MGS-1 Mars Global Simulant Current […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3633,"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1216\/revisions\/3633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}