EXOMARS: Water Ice Subsurface Deposits Observation on Mars (WISDOM)

This project aims to acquire data that characterise the structures of the Martian subsoil and to make this data available to the planetology community. The WISDOM instrument is under development for the European mission: ExoMars 2018. It was designed and developed at LATMOS and at the Bordeaux Astrophysics Laboratory (LAB).

Status: Observation Service approved by INSU/ASTRO (SO2)
Laboratory in charge: LATMOS
Scientific Manager: Valérie Ciarletti (valerie.ciarletti@latmos.ipsl.fr)

              

Test of the WISDOM prototype at Mount Etna (October 2010)                      Test of the WISDOM prototype in the Alps (January 2011)