Petrological traverse of the olivine cumulate Séítah formation at Jezero crater, Mars: A perspective from SuperCam onboard Perseverance

O Beyssac, O Forni, A Cousin, A Udry… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Séítah is the stratigraphically lowest formation visited by Perseverance in the Jezero crater
floor. We present the data obtained by SuperCam: texture by imagery, chemistry by Laser …

Perspectives on Mars Sample Return: A critical resource for planetary science and exploration

HY McSween Jr, VE Hamilton, KA Farley - Proceedings of the National …, 2025 - pnas.org
Mars Sample Return (MSR) has been the highest flagship mission priority in the last two
Planetary Decadal Surveys of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and …

Evidence of Sulfate‐Rich Fluid Alteration in Jezero Crater Floor, Mars

S Siljeström, AD Czaja, A Corpolongo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sulfur plays a major role in martian geochemistry and sulfate minerals are important
repositories of water. However, their hydration states on Mars are poorly constrained …

Diverse lava flow morphologies in the stratigraphy of the Jezero crater floor

S Alwmark, B Horgan, A Udry… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We present a combined geomorphologic, multispectral, and geochemical analysis of crater
floor rocks in Jezero crater based on data obtained by the Mast Camera Zoom and …

The complex exhumation history of Jezero crater floor unit and its implication for Mars sample return

C Quantin‐Nataf, S Alwmark, FJ Calef… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During the first year of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover has investigated the
dark crater floor unit of Jezero crater and four samples of this unit have been collected. The …

An examination of soil crusts on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars

EM Hausrath, CT Adcock, A Bechtold… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Martian soils are critically important for understanding the history of Mars, past potentially
habitable environments, returned samples, and future human exploration. This study …

Planetary geologic maps: Essential tools for scientific inquiry and space exploration

JW Luna, W Iqbal, H Bernhardt… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Planetary geologic maps are crucial tools for understanding the geological features and
processes of solid bodies in the Solar System. Over the past six decades, best practices in …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive sampling with PIXL on the Mars Perseverance rover

PR Lawson, TV Kizovski, MM Tice, BC Clark… - Icarus, 2025 - Elsevier
Planetary rovers can use onboard data analysis to adapt their measurement plan on the fly,
improving the science value of data collected between commands from Earth. This paper …

Variable Iron Mineralogy and Redox Conditions Recorded in Ancient Rocks Measured by In Situ Visible/Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy at Jezero Crater, Mars

L Mandon, BL Ehlmann, RC Wiens… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using relative reflectance measurements from the Mastcam‐Z and SuperCam instruments
on the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover, we assess the variability of Fe mineralogy in …

One Martian Year of near‐surface temperatures at Jezero from MEDA measurements on Mars2020/perseverance

A Munguira, R Hueso… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of ground and near surface atmospheric temperatures at Jezero obtained
during 700 sols by the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) characterize the …