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Earth and Planetary Physics, 2022 For decades, the search for potential signs of Martian life has attracted strong international interest and has led to significant planning and scientific implementation.
JianXun Shen +5 more
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Identification of the Beagle 2 lander on Mars [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 The 2003 Beagle 2 Mars lander has been identified in Isidis Planitia at 90.43° E, 11.53° N, close to the predicted target of 90.50° E, 11.53° N. Beagle 2 was an exobiology lander designed to look for isotopic and compositional signs of life on Mars, as ...
J. C. Bridges +11 more
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Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, 2023 Mineralogical studies constitute one of the main tools to investigate geological processes on Mars. Here, the mineralogy of the ExoMars landing sites Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis is analyzed based on multispectral datasets of the CRISM Compact ...
Karen Itzel Reyes Ayala +6 more
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Rock Abundance and Erosion Rate at the Zhurong Landing Site in Southern Utopia Planitia on Mars
Earth and Space Science, 2022 Rocks on the Martian surface exhibit signatures of geological activities. Rock distribution is also an important factor for landing site selection for exploration missions.
Zeyu Chen +7 more
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Remote Sensing, 2021 The probe of China’s first Mars exploration mission, Tianwen-1, has been successfully launched. It will carry out scientific exploration on the topography, soil characteristics, water ice, climate, ionosphere, and physical fields of Mars.
Ying Wang +6 more
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The Analysis of Cones within the Tianwen-1 Landing Area
Remote Sensing, 2022 On 15 May 2021, the Zhurong rover of China’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1 (TW-1), successfully landed in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars. Various landforms were present in the landing area, and this area recorded a complex geological history. Cones are
Hai Huang +7 more
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EVALUATING STEREO DTM QUALITY AT JEZERO CRATER, MARS WITH HRSC, CTX, AND HIRISE IMAGES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020 We have used a high-precision, high-resolution digital terrain model (DTM) of the NASA Mars 2020 rover Perseverance landing site in Jezero crater based on mosaicked images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment ...
R. L. Kirk +7 more
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The Dielectric Properties of Martian Regolith at the Tianwen‐1 Landing Site
Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 Mars' surface is characterized by a weathered layer of regolith and exposed rock exposures that are the results of long‐term geological processes. The Mars Rover Penetrating Radar (RoPeR) on board the Zhurong rover of China's first Mars mission (Tianwen ...
Ling Zhang +5 more
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Human Mars landing site and impacts on Mars surface operations [PDF]
2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2016 This paper describes NASA's initial steps for identifying and evaluating candidate Exploration Zones (EZs) and Regions of Interests (ROIs) for the first human crews that will explore the surface of Mars. NASA's current effort to define the exploration of this planet by human crews, known as the Evolvable Mars Campaign (EMC), provides the context in ...
Ben Bussey, Stephen J. Hoffman
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Braking and attitude control of lunar lander in active descent stage
Open Astronomy, 2023 China officially launched the lunar exploration project, named “Chang’e Project,” in 2004. Then, in 2013, Chang’e-3 completed the soft landing on the lunar surface, starting a series of studies on the soft landing of spacecraft.
Luo Leru, Bao Changchun
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