Results from the mars phoenix lander robotic arm experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Arvidson, R E ^a   Bonitz, R G ^b   Robinson, M L ^b   Carsten, J L ^b   Volpe, R A ^b   Trebi Ollennu, A ^b   Mellon, M T ^c   Chu, P C ^d   Davis, K R ^d   Wilson, J J ^d   Shaw, A S ^a   Greenberger, R N ^a   Siebach, K L ^a   Stein, T C ^a   Cull, S C ^a   Goetz, W ^e   Morris, R V ^f   Ming, D W ^f   Keller, H U ^e   Lemmon, M T ^g   Sizemore, H G ^c   Mehta, M ^h   more..

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HONEYBEE ROBOTICS   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMAGING METHOD; MARS; PLANETARY SATELLITE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 72149134212     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003408     Document Type: Article

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