Soil Shear Properties Assessment, Resistance, Thermal, and Triboelectric Analysis (SPARTTA) Tool: A New Multitool Instrument for Identifying the Physical Properties of In-situ Soils on Planetary Surfaces.

Robert C Anderson1, Gregory H. Peters1, Luther W Beegle1, Dr. Yu Zhou2, Nicholas Van Stryk3 and Elizabeth M. Carey4, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States