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 …

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 …

A habitable fluvio-lacustrine environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, DY Sumner, LC Kah, K Stack, S Gupta… - Science, 2014 - science.org
The Curiosity rover discovered fine-grained sedimentary rocks, which are inferred to
represent an ancient lake and preserve evidence of an environment that would have been …

Mineralogy of the Martian surface

BL Ehlmann, CS Edwards - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The past fifteen years of orbital infrared spectroscopy and in situ exploration have led to a
new understanding of the composition and history of Mars. Globally, Mars has a basaltic …

[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 …

Organic molecules in the sheepbed mudstone, gale crater, mars

C Freissinet, DP Glavin, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Mars Science
Laboratory Curiosity rover is designed to conduct inorganic and organic chemical analyses …

Oxia Planum: The landing site for the ExoMars “Rosalind Franklin” rover mission: Geological context and prelanding interpretation

C Quantin-Nataf, J Carter, L Mandon, P Thollot… - Astrobiology, 2021 - liebertpub.com
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos ExoMars mission will launch the
“Rosalind Franklin” rover in 2022 for a landing on Mars in 2023. The goals of the mission are …

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 …