The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) for the InSight Mission

T Spohn, M Grott, SE Smrekar, J Knollenberg… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package HP 3 for the InSight mission will
attempt the first measurement of the planetary heat flow of Mars. The data will be taken at the …

Pre-mission InSights on the interior of Mars

SE Smrekar, P Lognonné, T Spohn, WB Banerdt… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport
(InSight) Mission will focus on Mars' interior structure and evolution. The basic structure of …

Thickness and structure of the Martian crust from InSight seismic data

B Knapmeyer-Endrun, MP Panning, F Bissig, R Joshi… - Science, 2021 - science.org
A planet's crust bears witness to the history of planetary formation and evolution, but for
Mars, no absolute measurement of crustal thickness has been available. Here, we …

Upper mantle structure of Mars from InSight seismic data

A Khan, S Ceylan, M van Driel, D Giardini, P Lognonné… - Science, 2021 - science.org
For 2 years, the InSight lander has been recording seismic data on Mars that are vital to
constrain the structure and thermochemical state of the planet. We used observations of …

Mineralogy of Vera Rubin ridge from the Mars science laboratory CheMin instrument

EB Rampe, TF Bristow, RV Morris… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vera Rubin ridge (VRR) is an erosion‐resistant feature on the northwestern slope of Mount
Sharp in Gale crater, Mars, and orbital visible/shortwave infrared measurements indicate it …

InSight constraints on the global character of the Martian crust

MA Wieczorek, A Broquet… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of seismic data from the InSight mission have provided the first in situ constraints
on the thickness of the crust of Mars. These crustal thickness constraints are currently limited …

Petrology on mars

HY McSween Jr - American Mineralogist, 2015 - degruyter.com
Petrologic investigations of martian rocks have been accomplished by mineralogical,
geochemical, and textural analyses from Mars rovers (with geologic context provided by …

The thermal state and interior structure of Mars

AC Plesa, S Padovan, N Tosi, D Breuer… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The present‐day thermal state, interior structure, composition, and rheology of Mars can be
constrained by comparing the results of thermal history calculations with geophysical …

Ancient hydrothermal seafloor deposits in Eridania basin on Mars

JR Michalski, EZN Dobrea, PB Niles… - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
The Eridania region in the southern highlands of Mars once contained a vast inland sea with
a volume of water greater than that of all other Martian lakes combined. Here we show that …

How large are present‐day heat flux variations across the surface of Mars?

AC Plesa, M Grott, N Tosi, D Breuer… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The first in situ Martian heat flux measurement to be carried out by the InSight Discovery‐
class mission will provide an important baseline to constrain the present‐day heat budget of …