Introduction to special section on the Phoenix Mission: Landing site characterization experiments, mission overviews, and expected science

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Smith, P H ^a   Tamppari, L ^b   Arvidson, R E ^c   Bass, D ^b   Blaney, D ^b   Boynton, W ^a   Carswell, A ^d   Catling, D ^e   Clark, B ^f   Duck, T ^g   Dejong, E ^b   Fisher, D ^h,i   Goetz, W ^j   Gunnlaugsson, P ^k   Hecht, M ^b   Hipkin, V ^l   Hoffman, J ^m   Hviid, S ^j   Keller, H ^j   Kounaves, S ⁿ   Lange, C F ^o   Lemmon, M ^p   Madsen, M ^q   Malin, M ^r   Markiewicz, W ^j   Marshall, J ^s   McKay, C ^t   Mellon, M ^u   Michelangeli, D ^v   Ming, D ^w   Morris, R ^w   Renno, N ^x   Pike, W T ^y   Staufer, U ^z   Stoker, C ^t   Taylor, P ^v   Whiteway, J ^v   Young, S ⁿ   Zent, A ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Optech Inc   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^l CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

ⁿ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^p TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^r MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^s SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^v YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^w NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^y IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^z UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; INVESTMENT; MARS; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT;

CAPE CANAVERAL; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649172880     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003083     Document Type: Article

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