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Feargus Abernethy

Feargus Abernethy

Senior Spaceflight Project Officer

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Latest publications

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  • Sandford, S. A., Dworkin, J. P., Righter, K., Abernethy, F. A., Alosius, R., Aponte, J. C., Ball, J., Berger, E. L., Buckner, D. K., Busemann, H., Clemett, S. J., Cody, G., Elsila, J., Foustoukos, D. I., Franchi, I. A., Glavin, D. P., Grady, M. M., Graham, H. V., Heck, P. R., Hofmann, A. E., Huang, Y., Kim, B., Krietsch, D., Lunning, N. G., Maden, C., McLain, H. L., Mojarro, A., Nuevo, M., Schmitt‐Kopplin, P., Santos, E., Schönbächler, M., Snead, C. J., Thomas‐Keprta, K. L., Verchovsky, A. B., Connolly, H. C. and Lauretta, D. S., 2026, ‘Post‐flight assessment of the OSIRIS ‐ REx Sample Return Capsule ( SRC ) for organic and other potential contaminants’, Meteoritics & Planetary Science (Early access)., https://oro.open.ac.uk/112387/.
  • Cohen, B. A., Barber, S. J., Gawronska, A. J., Abernethy, F. A. J., Curran, N. M., Driggers, P. A., Farrell, W. M., Heather, D. J., Howe, C., Landsberg, P. F., López-Días, V., Morse, A. D., Morse, T., Poston, M. J., Prem, P., Trautner, R., Tucker, O. J., Warren, T. J. and Boccelli, S., 2025, ‘The Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS): Results from a CLPS-delivered Mass Spectrometer’, The Planetary Science Journal, 6(1), https://oro.open.ac.uk/102285/.
  • Grady, M. M., Bantock, J., Abernethy, F. and Hills, L., 2022, ‘Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis to fit spectroscopy data from remote and in situ analysis of planetary surfaces: Proof-of-Concept Assessment’, Technical Note 3: Chemometric Modelling. Technical Note 4: Spectral Matching. UK Space Agency., https://oro.open.ac.uk/83954/.
  • Grady, M. M., Bantock, J., Abernethy, F. and Hills, L., 2022, ‘Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis to fit spectroscopy data from remote and in situ analysis of planetary surfaces: Proof-of-Concept Assessment’, Technical Note 1: Selection and Preparation of Materials for Analysis. Technical Note 2: Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Selected Materials. UK Space Agency., https://oro.open.ac.uk/83953/.
  • Grady, M. M., Bantock, J., Abernethy, F. and Hills, L., 2022, ‘Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis to fit spectroscopy data from remote and in situ analysis of planetary surfaces: A Proof-of-Concept Assessment’, Final Report. UK Space Agency., https://oro.open.ac.uk/83952/.
  • Sargeant, H., Barber, S. J., Anand, M., Abernethy, F. A. J., Sheridan, S., Wright, I. P. and Morse, A. D., 2021, ‘Hydrogen reduction of lunar samples in a static system for a water production demonstration on the Moon’, Planetary and Space Science, 205, https://oro.open.ac.uk/77316/.
  • Sargeant, H., Abernethy, F., Anand, M., Barber, S., Sheridan, S., Wright, I. and Morse, A., 2020, ‘An Evaluation of Lunar Simulant and Meteorite as a Proxy for Lunar Regolith for In Situ Resource Utilization Experiments’, in European Lunar Symposium 2020, 12-14 May 2020, Virtual., https://oro.open.ac.uk/74811/.
  • Sargeant, H., Abernethy, F., Anand, M., Barber, S. J., Sheridan, S., Wright, I. and Morse, A., 2020, ‘Water production from lunar simulants and samples: an in situ resource utilization demonstration’, in 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 16-20 Mar 2020, The Woodlands, Texas., https://oro.open.ac.uk/69313/.
  • Abernethy, F. A. J., Sheridan, S. and Barber, S. J., 2020, ‘Gas containment for in situ sample analysis on the Moon: Utility of sealing materials in the presence of dust’, Planetary and Space Science, 180, https://oro.open.ac.uk/67900/.
  • Sargeant, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Anand, M., Barber, S. J., Landsberg, P., Sheridan, S., Wright, I. and Morse, A., 2020, ‘Feasibility studies for hydrogen reduction of ilmenite in a static system for use as an ISRU demonstration on the lunar surface’, Planetary and Space Science, 180, https://oro.open.ac.uk/67086/.
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