Selection of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Golombek, M P ^a   Grant, J A ^b   Parker, T J ^a   Kass, D M ^a   Crisp, J A ^a   Squyres, S W ^c   Haldemann, A F C ^a   Adler, M ^a   Lee, W J ^a   Bridges, N T ^a   Arvidson, R E ^d   Carr, M H ^e   Kirk, R L ^f   Knocke, P C ^a   Roncoli, R B ^a   Weitz, C M ^g   Schofield, J T ^a   Zurek, R W ^a   Christensen, P R ^h   Fergason, R L ^h   Anderson, F S ^a,i   Rice, J W ^h   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous climatic and geologic histories; Gusev; Landing sites; Mars Exploration Rover; Meridiani; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; MARS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

EID: 1542288968     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002074     Document Type: Article

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