Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry
Planetary Instrument for X-Ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) is an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to determine the fine scale elemental composition of Martian surface materials designed for the Perseverance rover as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
[1][2] PIXL is manufactured and made by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The scientific objectives of the instrument are the following:[3]
Mars
Perseverance
rover
- PIXL studies a rock (artist concept)
Perseverance
rover
- PIXL (31 July 2014).
PIXL − first chemical maps of a
single rock on Mars
(20 July 2021)
PIXL imaged on Mars by the rover's navigation camera.
