Mars 2020 mission overview
KA Farley, KH Williford, KM Stack, R Bhartia… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
The Mars 2020 mission will seek the signs of ancient life on Mars and will identify, prepare,
document, and cache a set of samples for possible return to Earth by a follow-on mission …
document, and cache a set of samples for possible return to Earth by a follow-on mission …
Perseverance's scanning habitable environments with Raman and luminescence for organics and chemicals (SHERLOC) investigation
R Bhartia, LW Beegle, L DeFlores, W Abbey… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for
Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) is a robotic arm-mounted instrument on NASA's …
Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) is a robotic arm-mounted instrument on NASA's …
Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars
N Mangold, S Gupta, O Gasnault, G Dromart… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Observations from orbital spacecraft have shown that Jezero crater on Mars contains a
prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The …
prominent fan-shaped body of sedimentary rock deposited at its western margin. The …
Aqueously altered igneous rocks sampled on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
KA Farley, KM Stack, DL Shuster, BHN Horgan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, to investigate ancient lake and river
deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater's sedimentary delta …
deposits. We report observations of the crater floor, below the crater's sedimentary delta …
Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars
Before Perseverance, Jezero crater's floor was variably hypothesized to have a lacustrine,
lava, volcanic airfall, or aeolian origin. SuperCam observations in the first 286 Mars days on …
lava, volcanic airfall, or aeolian origin. SuperCam observations in the first 286 Mars days on …
Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars—implications for organic geochemistry
The Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater, Mars, in February 2021. We used the
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and …
Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and …
Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
S Sharma, RD Roppel, AE Murphy, LW Beegle… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The presence and distribution of preserved organic matter on the surface of Mars can
provide key information about the Martian carbon cycle and the potential of the planet to host …
provide key information about the Martian carbon cycle and the potential of the planet to host …
Geological, multispectral, and meteorological imaging results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in Jezero crater
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z instrument provides high-resolution stereo and multispectral
images with a unique combination of spatial resolution, spatial coverage, and wavelength …
images with a unique combination of spatial resolution, spatial coverage, and wavelength …
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 …
Perseverance rover. Mastcam-Z consists of a pair of focusable, 4: 1 zoomable cameras that …
Ground penetrating radar observations of subsurface structures in the floor of Jezero crater, Mars
SE Hamran, DA Paige, A Allwood, HEF Amundsen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The Radar Imager for Mars Subsurface Experiment instrument has conducted the first rover-
mounted ground-penetrating radar survey of the Martian subsurface. A continuous radar …
mounted ground-penetrating radar survey of the Martian subsurface. A continuous radar …