Overview of the Spirit Mars Exploration Rover Mission to Gusev Crater: Landing site to Backstay Rock in the Columbia Hills

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Arvidson, Raymond E ^a   Squyres, S W ^b   Anderson, R C ^c   Bell III, James F ^b   Blaney, D ^c   Bruckner J ^d   Cabrol, N A ^e   Calvin, W M ^f   Carr, M H ^g   Christensen, P R ^h   Clark, B C ⁱ   Crumpler, L ^j   Des Marais, D J ^k   de Souza, Jr ^l   d'Uston, C ^m   Economou, T ⁿ   Farmer, J ^h   Farrand, W H ^o   Folkner, W ^c   Golombek, Matt P ^c   Gorevan, S ^p   Grant, John A ^q   Greeley, R ^h   Grotzinger, J ^r   Guinness, E ^a   Hahn, B C ^s   Haskin, L ^a   Herkenhoff, Ken E ^t   Hurowitz, J A ^s   Hviid, S ^u   Johnson, J R ^t   Klingelhofer G ^v   Knoll, A H ^w   Landis, G ^x   Leff, C ^c   Lemmon, M ^y   Li, Rongxing ^z   Madsen, M B ^aa   Malin, M C ^ab   McLennan, S M ^s   McSween, H Y ^ac   Ming, D W ^ad   Moersch, J ^ac   Morris, R V ^ad   Parker, T ^c   Rice, Jr ^h   Richter, L ^ae   Rieder, R ^c   Rodionov, D S ^v   Schroder C ^v   Sims, M ^k   Smith, M ^af   Smith, P ^ag   Soderblom, L A ^t   Sullivan, R ^b   Thompson, S D ^h   Tosca, N J ^s   Wang, A ^a   Wanke H ^d   Ward, J ^a   Wdowiak, T ^ah   Wolff, M ^ai   Yen, A ^c   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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

^k NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l VALE S A   (Brazil)

^m IRAP   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^o Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

^p HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^q DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^r MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^s STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^u MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^v JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^w HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^y TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z Ohio State University   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ab MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^ad NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^ae GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^af NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^ai NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MARS;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 33645636306     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002499     Document Type: Review

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