Mineralogy and geochemistry of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediments in Gale crater, Mars: A review after six Earth years of exploration with Curiosity

EB Rampe, DF Blake, TF Bristow, DW Ming… - Geochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover arrived at Mars in August 2012 with a
primary goal of characterizing the habitability of ancient and modern environments. Curiosity …

The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mast Camera Zoom (Mastcam-Z) Multispectral, Stereoscopic Imaging Investigation

JF Bell, JN Maki, GL Mehall, MA Ravine… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
Mastcam-Z is a multispectral, stereoscopic imaging investigation on the Mars 2020 mission's
Perseverance rover. Mastcam-Z consists of a pair of focusable, 4: 1 zoomable cameras that …

Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars

N Mangold, S Gupta, O Gasnault, G Dromart… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater on Mars contains a
prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The …

Organic matter preserved in 3-billion-year-old mudstones at Gale crater, Mars

JL Eigenbrode, RE Summons, A Steele, C Freissinet… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Establishing the presence and state of organic matter, including its possible biosignatures,
in martian materials has been an elusive quest, despite limited reports of the existence of …

Long-term drying of Mars by sequestration of ocean-scale volumes of water in the crust

EL Scheller, BL Ehlmann, R Hu, DJ Adams, YL Yung - Science, 2021 - science.org
Geological evidence shows that ancient Mars had large volumes of liquid water. Models of
past hydrogen escape to space, calibrated with observations of the current escape rate …

Habitability on early Mars and the search for biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover

JL Vago, F Westall, AJ Coates, R Jaumann… - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The second ExoMars mission will be launched in 2020 to target an ancient location
interpreted to have strong potential for past habitability and for preserving physical and …

[HTML][HTML] Mineralogy of an ancient lacustrine mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars

EB Rampe, DW Ming, DF Blake, TF Bristow… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover has been traversing strata at the base
of Aeolis Mons (informally known as Mount Sharp) since September 2014. The Murray …

The climate of early Mars

RD Wordsworth - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The nature of the early martian climate is one of the major unanswered questions of
planetary science. Key challenges remain, but a new wave of orbital and in situ observations …

Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars

TF Bristow, JP Grotzinger, EB Rampe, J Cuadros… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Mars' sedimentary rock record preserves information on geological (and potential
astrobiological) processes that occurred on the planet billions of years ago. The Curiosity …

Redox stratification of an ancient lake in Gale crater, Mars

JA Hurowitz, JP Grotzinger, WW Fischer… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The primary goal of NASA's Curiosity rover mission is to explore and
quantitatively assess a local region on Mars' surface as a potential habitat for past or present …