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Canadian Space Agency backs ABB’s proposed Mars methane instrument
Published by BriefDash · · Toronto
The Canadian Space Agency’s October 29 update describes an approximately $1.5-million contract with Québec City’s ABB to develop a methane-detection instrument for possible future Mars missions. The work includes improving sensitivity and testing a prototype under Mars-like atmospheric conditions. This is technology development: neither a mission assignment nor a new discovery of life has been announced.
Why it matters
Prototype testing is a step toward potential space use, rather than a confirmed launch.
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