The University of Winnipeg
Co-Investigator on the Mars Perseverance Rover: Mastcam-Z — Dr. Cloutis has been involved in the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover mission since 2013, as a Co-Investigator on the Mastcam-Z
Science Team (and as a Collaborator on the SuperCam Science Team). Mastcam-Z was selected for flight on the rover and is
currently operating on Mars. He proposes to continue, deepen, and expand this involvement through this Announcement of
Opportunity.
With this Co-Investigator grant he will be able to more fully participate in this ongoing mission. The Co-Investigator grant will
allow: (1) The proposer to attend team meetings of the full rover team and Mastcam-Z and SuperCam teams; (2) fund
Canadian students to contribute more fully to rover and instrument operations in various roles; (3) respond to new discoveries
by the mission via short-turnaround supporting laboratory studies; (4) train Canadian students via analogue field deployment
to be able to better engage in rover data analysis; (5) bring new Canadian HQP into planetary exploration