Specific Instruments
- Alpha-X, for DAS lander on Phobos 1 and Phobos 2.
- ALPHA, for Mars 96 landers. Collaboration between Germany, Russia, and USA.
- Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer, for Mars Pathfinder by the Max Planck Institute and the University of Chicago.
- Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, for Spirit (MER-A) and Opportunity (MER-B) Mars Exploration Rovers.
- Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, for Curiosity (MSL). The principal investigator for Curiosity’s APXS is Ralf Gellert, a physicist at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. It was developed and funded by the Canadian Space Agency, with operations also supported by Guelph and United States' space administration.
- Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometer, for Philae, the European Space Agency's lander attached to Rosetta, to study the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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