NASA picks Mars landing site

Mars Exploration Rover Landing Site Boulder Fields

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Assessment of Mars Pathfinder Landing Site Predictions

Automation in Mars Landing-site Mapping and Rover Localization

Our project aims to automate Mars mapping and localization using robotic stereo and descent imagery. Stereo vision is a wellstudied domain. However, most efforts aim only at a general scene; little work has been done toward a natural, extraterrestrial environment through consideration of its special geometry and features. Our methodology utilized the properties of piece-wise continuity of natur...

Evidence for calcium carbonate at the Mars Phoenix landing site.

Carbonates are generally products of aqueous processes and may hold important clues about the history of liquid water on the surface of Mars. Calcium carbonate (approximately 3 to 5 weight percent) has been identified in the soils around the Phoenix landing site by scanning calorimetry showing an endothermic transition beginning around 725 degrees C accompanied by evolution of carbon dioxide an...

Gale crater: the Mars Science Laboratory/ Curiosity Rover Landing Site

Gale crater formed from an impact on Mars *3.6 billion years ago. It hosts a central mound nearly 100 km wide and *5 km high, consisting of layered rocks with a variety of textures and spectral properties. The oldest exposed layers contain variably hydrated sulphates and smectite clay minerals, implying an aqueous origin, whereas the younger layers higher on themound are covered by amantle of d...