The 1999 Marsokhod rover mission simulation at Silver Lake, California: Mission overview, data sets, and summary of results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 106, Issue E4, 2001, Pages 7639-7663

  Stoker, C R ^a   Cabrol, N A ^a   Roush, T R ^a   Moersch, J ^b   Aubele, J ^c   Barlow, N ^d   Bettis III, E A ^e   Bishop, J ^a   Chapman, M ^f   Clifford, S ^g   Cockell, C ^a   Crumpler, L ^c   Craddock, R ^h   De Hon, R ⁱ   Foster, T ^e   Gulick, V ^a   Grin, E ^a   Horton, K ^j   Hovde, G ^a   Johnson, J R ^f   Lee, P C ^a   Lemmon, M T ^k   Marshall, J ^a   Newsom, H E ^l   Ori, G G ^m   Reagan, M ^e   Rice, J W ^k   Ruff, S W ⁿ   Schreiner, J ^a   Sims, M ^a   Smith, P H ^k   Tanaka, K ^f   Thomas, H J ^a   Thomas, G ^e   Yingst, R A ^k   more..

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

ⁿ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

EID: 0034906643     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001178     Document Type: Review

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