The Viking GC/MS: The Seek for Organic Compounds on Mars
The GC/MS experiment was designed to detect organic compounds, which are the fundamental keys of life. In this process, Martian soil samples were heated to vaporize any organic …
Viking gas chromatograph and mass spectrometer instruments
The Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) instrument was designed for NASA's Viking Martian lander. It analyzed Martian soil, pyrolyzing samples in search of organic content.
Viking gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS)
Diagram and photo of the GCMS and associated equipment. The Viking gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) was a device carried aboard each of the Viking spacecraft landers in …
Over the past decade, reports occasionally appeared suggesting that the Viking GCMS experiment may not have been able to detect certain organic compounds or low levels of …
Viking gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer - AIP Publishing
Jun 1, 1978 · The Mars viking gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer is described. The system is designed to determine the composition of the Martian atmosphere and detect and identify …
Viking GC/MS mechanisms design and performance
The Viking Lander gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer will analyze pyrolyzed samples of the Martian surface for organic content. The surface-sample loader and pyrolyzer assembly …
Mass Spectrometer, Gas Chromatograph, Project Viking, Prototype
This is a prototype of the Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) used on Project Viking. Developed and built by Litton Systems, Inc., it is an example of the difficult history of …
This is a repository for the decoding effort of the Mars Viking GCMS ...
Search for martian organics: The gas-chromatograph mass-spectrometer (or GCMS) instrument performed an organic inventory of the martian soil, but found no organics, the basic building …
Planetary Probe, Viking, Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer
The Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GCMS) experiment was carried aboard each of the Viking spacecraft landers that reached the red planet in 1976. It was intended to detect …
On the ability of the Viking gas chromatograph-mass …
Jun 4, 2007 · To rebut this assertion, the Viking experiment, test data, and results on Mars are reviewed, and the fallacies in the design, execution, and interpretation of the new experiments …