Non-desctructive X-Ray, Raman and IR Imaging of quarantined Mars return samples

73rd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society : New York, NY, July 26-30, 2010International audienceIn preparation for the upcoming international Mars Sample Return mission, bringing to Earth samples containing potential biohazards, we have implemented a hyperspectral method of analysis of grains performed in BSL4 quarantine conditions,by combining several non-destructive imaging diagnostics. This methodology was tested on meteorites [1, 2] and cometary grains from the recent NASA Stardust mission [3-6]