A miniature chemistry lab is headed to Mars to search for signs of life
The ExoMars Rover, scheduled to land on the red planet in two years, will contain a miniaturized chemistry lab onboard that can be used to search for signs of life. Not much bigger than a shoebox, the sophisticatedMars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA)will contain a mass spectrometer that can detect and analyze organic molecules, such as amino acids, that could be the first evidence that life hasexisted on another planet. TheExoMars Rover is a joint venturebetween the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian space agency Roscomos....