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Planetary Simulators - INTA-CAB (INTA-CAB PS)
Identification
Hosting Legal Entity
Spanish National Research Council
Address:
Spain
National Institute of Aerospace Technology
Open University (OU)
Address:
United Kingdom
Legal Status
Research organisation
Location
Ctra de Torrejón a Ajalvir, km 4, Astrobiology Center – CAB (INTA-CSIC), Madrid, PO: 28850 (Spain)
Structure
Type Of RI
Distributed
Coordinating Country
Spain
Status
Status
Current Status:
Operational since 2015
Scientific Description
Address key scientific and technological challenges facing modern planetary science by providing open access to state-of-the-art research data, models and facilities across the European Research Area.

RI Keywords
planetary mission, Mars, Planets
Classifications
RI Category
Space Environment Test Facilities
Analytical Facilities
Data Archives, Data Repositories and Collections
Databases
Scientific Domain
Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Mathematics
ESFRI Domain
Environment
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Services
Virtual Access to Data
Access to terrestrial field sites

Access to well-characterized terrestrial field sites that have been selected so as to provide the most realistic analogues of surfaces of Mars, Europa and Titan, to which planetary missions have either recently been directed or are planned. They include desert, permafrost, acidic environment and hydrothermal sources.

Access to Distributed Planetary Simulation Facilities
Access to Planetary Field Analogue Sites
Collaborations
Networks
EUROPLANET RI
Date of last update: 12/01/2018
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