Instruments, Cubesats, Robotics , Field work and Astronautics for Planetary Exploration

Sample analysis: we analysed various samples including meteorites from Moon, Mars, asteroids, and analogue field samples from campaigns (Vulcano, Etna, Hawaii HI-SEAS) using spectrometry, hyperspectral imaging and Raman .LUNEX also participates in collaboration with TU Delft in the study of ice, minerals and organics mixture relevant for Moon, Mars and icy Moons.Payload development: we have developed a test bench for sample analysis using reflectance and transmission spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and microscopy. We also adapted an Hyperspectral camera for sample analysis and for telescopic observations of the Moon and other celestial objects. Space Photonics Lab : this is being developed with in collaboration with Fotonika Latvia, with cubesat synergy  .Shoebox instruments for laboratory tests and analogue were developed for future Moon and Mars  missions. We are conceiving a concept of a shoebox module for extracting organics from icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, with special prototype for Enceladus plumes or surface. LUNEX ExoGeoLab lander is currently adapted with  shoebox instruments for supporting future missions to Moon, Mars and icy moons.Cubesats for education, EarthMoonMars exploration: LUNEX EMMESI has initiated the development of university education cubesats with the support of Leiden University (Observatory, LIACS computer science, Physics and Optics), Leiden Instrument Schools LiS, Deft TU, InHolland Delft, ESA BIC.  The development starts with a table top bench &   a prototype 3U system, with spacecraft and payload functions. First applications include an Earth and Moon remote sensing cubesat, a 3U adapted on a lunar rover platform, and a 3U shoe-box instrument deployed from surface lander.Field work and testing of instruments and protocols.  Extreme environments on Earth provide similar terrain conditions to sites on the Moon and Mars, in order to rehearse mission operations in the field and through simulations. EuroMoonMars field campaigns were organised in specific locations of technical, scientific and exploration interest. In 2023-24, EuroMoonMars co-sponsored Vulcano  2024 Geo-Astrobiology field school, and a specific EuroMoonMars field tests at Etna, building on the experience of campaigns conducted earlier with DLR and ESA for ROBEX 2019, and ARCHES 2022 campaigns (Wedler et al  2017 & 2022)EuroMoonMars Analogue astronauts simulations. Lunex EuroMoonMars, has been organizing since 2009 in collaboration with ESA, NASA, European and US universities a programme of data analysis, instrumentation tests, field work and analog missions for students and researchers in different locations worldwide, including Utah MDRS, IMA Hawaii HI-SEAs, Iceland, Etna/ Vulcano Italy, Atacama, AATC Poland, ESTEC Netherlands, Eifel Germany, etc… Analogue missions provide a practical ground in which researchers can test in a realistic simulation context. During these missions, students have access to special Space instrumentation, laboratories, Facilities, Science Operations, Human Robotic partnerships. In 2023-24, EuroMoonMars co-sponsored EMMPOL Moonbase isolation simulation campaigns in Poland (Hutchison, Laforet, Tataj, Della Guardia)  , and at IMA International Moonbase Alliance HI-SEAs (EMMIHS) .ExoSpaceHab Xpress (ESH-X) is an innovative portable lunar base simulator designed for education, analog missions and public outreach.  This habitat has been funded by European consortium EuroSpaceHub and its partner LUNEX EuroMoonMars. After inauguration at Padova Botanical Garden in Italy, ExoSpaceHab-X was shown 20/9-13/10 2023 at the Science week fair of ENS Paris Saclay, and then used at SBIC Space Business Innovation Center Noordwijk in Oct-Dec, then in Leiden with University Jan-April 2024 and 3Aug-18 Sept, Pleaux Auvergne 8 May-1 Aug, Padova Science Festival with 2000 visitors, Grenoble University Space Center in  October. t. It is also planned for other locations in Europe in 2025. ESH-X lab-hab module is used to test experiments and investigations for Artemis programme.Acknowledgments: We thank collaborators and partner institutions from  EMMESI academy, EuroSpaceHub/GreenSpaceHub Consortia,  ESA ESTEC, NASA, EuroMoonMars programme, Space Renaissance International, Qosmosys &  Moon Village Association. ILEWG/EMMReferences: [235]: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=euromoonmars%20or%20eurogeomars%20or%20ilewg2024arXiv240905482F2024/09,  Fazel Hesar, et al2024LPICo3063.5017T2024/10,  Tataj, H. Z.; Laforet, C.; Foing, B.2024LPICo3063.5007L2024/10 Laforet, C. et al2024LPICo3063.5006T2024/10 Tataj, H. Z. et al2024LPICo3063.5022D2024/10 Della Guardia, J.; Tataj, H. Z.; Foing, B.2024LPICo3063.5005F2024/10 Foing, B. H.; Rogers, H.; Lee, T . + 55 more2023LPICo2887.2943F2023/09 Foing, B. H.; Ilewg2023LPICo2887.2890M2023/09 Molony S. Et al2023LPICo2806.2759H2023/03 Hutchison, A. L.; Foing, B. et al