The Spirit Rover's Athena science investigation at Gusev crater, Mars

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5685, 2004, Pages 794-799

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

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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

^j NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^k IRAP   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^m Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

ⁿ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^o HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^p DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^q MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^r U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^s MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^t JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^u HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^w TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^z MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^aa STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^ac NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^ad GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^ae NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^ah NONE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; LITHOLOGY; PLANETARY LANDERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

EOLIAN TRANSPORT; GUSEV CRATER, MARS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTATION; MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

BASALT; CRATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MARS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOLOGY; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SCIENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTROMETER;

EMMELICHTHYS STRUHSAKERI;

EID: 3843149247     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.3050794     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. J. A. Crisp et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8061, doi:10.1029/2002JE002038 (2003).
2. A martian solar day has a mean period of 24 hours 39 minutes 35.244 seconds, and is referred to as a sol to distinguish this from a roughly 3% shorter solar day on Earth. A martian sidereal day, as measured with respect to the fixed stars, is 24h 37m 22.663s, as compared with 23h 56m 04.0905s for Earth. See www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24 for more information.
3. S. W. Squyres et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8062, doi:10.1029/ 2003JE002121 (2003).
4. J. F. Bell III et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8063, doi:10.1029/ 2003JE002070 (2003).
5. P. R. Christensen et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8064, doi:10.1029/2003JE002117 (2003).
6. R. Rieder et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8066, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002150 (2003).
7. G. Klingelhöfer et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8067, doi:10.1029/2003JE002138 (2003).
8. The term martian soil is used here to denote any loose, unconsolidated materials that can be distinguished from rocks, bedrock, or strongly cohesive sediments. No implication of the presence or absence of organic materials or living matter is intended.
9. K. E. Herkenhoff et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8065, doi:10.1029/ 2003JE002076 (2003).
10. S. Gorevan et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8068, doi:10.1029/2003JE002061 (2003).
11. M. B. Madsen et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8069, doi: 10.1029/2002JE002029 (2003).
12. J. Maki et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8071, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002077 (2003).
13. M. P. Golombek et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8072, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002074 (2003).
14. N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, G. Dawidowicz, Icarus 123, 269 (1996).
15. N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, R. Landheim, Icarus 132, 362 (1998).
16. N. A. Cabrol, E. A. Grin, R. Landheim, R. O. Kuzmin, R. Greeley, Icarus 133, 98 (1998).
17. Columbia Memorial Station was named to honor the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia, who perished on 1 February 2003. The name Columbia Memorial Station refers both to the lander itself and to the martian terrain that it occupies.
18. Names have been assigned to areographic features by the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) team for planning and operations purposes. The names are not formally recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
19. J. F. Bell III et al., Science 305, 800 (2004).
20. P. R. Christensen et al., Science 305, 837 (2004).
21. K. E. Herkenhoff et al., Science 305, 824 (2004).
22. R. Gellert et al., Science 305, 829 (2004).
23. R. V. Morris et al., Science 305, 833 (2004).
24. R. E. Arvidson et al., Science 305, 821 (2004).
25. J. A. Grant et al., Science 305, 807 (2004).
26. R. Greeley et al., Science 305, 810 (2004).
27. H. Y. McSween et al., Science 305, 842 (2004).
28. J. A. Grant, P. H. Schultz, J. Geophys. Res. 98, 11025 (1993).
29. H. J. Melosh, Impact Cratering (Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 1989).
30. R. Greeley et al., J. Geophys. Res. 104, 8573 (1999).
31. S. R. C. Rafkin, T. I. Michaels, J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8091, doi:10.1029/2002JE002027 (2003).
32. R. Greeley et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8077, doi:10.1029/2002JE002006 (2003).
33. K. A. Milam et al., J. Geophys. Res. 108, 8078, doi:10.1029/2002JE002023 (2003).
34. P. R. Christensen, Icarus 68, 217 (1986).
35. M. D. Smith, Icarus 167, 148 (2004).
36. P. Bertelsen et al., Science 305, 827 (2004).
37. We are deeply indebted to the many hundreds of engineers and scientists-far too numerous to name here-who made the Mars Exploration Rover Project and the Athena Science Investigation possible. Funding for the MER Project, including most of the Athena payload, was provided by NASA. The APXS and Mössbauer instruments were funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and the magnet array was funded by the Danish government. The MER Project was led with skill and dedication by P. Theisinger, and the development of the MER flight system was led with equal skill and dedication by R. Cook and B. Goldstein. J. Rademacher managed the development of the Mini-TES, APXS, and Mössbauer payload elements, M. Schwochert led the engineering teams for Pancam and the Microscopic Imager, and S. Kondos and M. Johnson managed the development of the Rock Abrasion Tool. To all of them, and to the hundreds of members of the MER family who have made this adventure such a joy and privilege to be part of, we express our heartfelt and lasting thanks.