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 …

Mission overview and scientific contributions from the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover after eight years of surface operations

AR Vasavada - Space Science Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Abstract NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, with its Curiosity rover, has been
exploring Gale crater (5.4° S, 137.8° E) since 2012 with the goal of assessing the potential of …

Revealing the mysteries of Venus: The DAVINCI mission

JB Garvin, SA Getty, GN Arney… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging
(DAVINCI) mission described herein has been selected for flight to Venus as part of the …

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 …

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, S Gupta, MC Malin, DM Rubin… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Remote observational data suggest that large bodies of standing water
existed on the surface of Mars in its early history. This would have required a much wetter …

Mars' atmospheric history derived from upper-atmosphere measurements of 38Ar/36Ar

BM Jakosky, M Slipski, M Benna, P Mahaffy, M Elrod… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The history of Mars' atmosphere is important for understanding the geological evolution and
potential habitability of the planet. We determine the amount of gas lost to space through …

Venus evolution through time: key science questions, selected mission concepts and future investigations

T Widemann, SE Smrekar, JB Garvin… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
In this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution
through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts …

Origin and evolution of the atmospheres of early Venus, Earth and Mars

H Lammer, AL Zerkle, S Gebauer, N Tosi… - The Astronomy and …, 2018 - Springer
We review the origin and evolution of the atmospheres of Earth, Venus and Mars from the
time when their accreting bodies were released from the protoplanetary disk a few million …

Origins of volatile elements (H, C, N, noble gases) on Earth and Mars in light of recent results from the ROSETTA cometary mission

B Marty, G Avice, Y Sano, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent measurements of the volatile composition of the coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov–
Gerasimenko (hereafter 67P) allow constraints to be set on the origin of volatile elements …

The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return: International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST)

DW Beaty, MM Grady, HY McSween… - … & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Return of samples from the surface of Mars has been a goal of the international Mars
science community for many years. Affirmation by NASA and ESA of the importance of Mars …