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 …

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 …

The power of databases: the RRUFF project

B Lafuente, RT Downs, H Yang, N Stone… - Highlights in …, 2015 - degruyter.com
In today's world, many people rely on the availability of databases to perform daily activities
such as checking meteorological forecast, finding a recipe, or verifying the spelling of a …

Mineralogy of a mudstone at Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars

DT Vaniman, DL Bish, DW Ming, TF Bristow, RV Morris… - science, 2014 - science.org
Sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay (Gale crater) on Mars include mudstone sampled by
the Curiosity rover. The samples, John Klein and Cumberland, contain detrital basaltic …

Mineralogy of the Martian surface

BL Ehlmann, CS Edwards - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The past fifteen years of orbital infrared spectroscopy and in situ exploration have led to a
new understanding of the composition and history of Mars. Globally, Mars has a basaltic …

Organic molecules in the sheepbed mudstone, gale crater, mars

C Freissinet, DP Glavin, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on board the Mars Science
Laboratory Curiosity rover is designed to conduct inorganic and organic chemical analyses …

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 …

Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars Curiosity rover

LA Leshin, PR Mahaffy, CR Webster, M Cabane, P Coll… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to~ 835° C under helium flow and
evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H2O, SO2 …

Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

DW Ming, PD Archer Jr, DP Glavin, JL Eigenbrode… - science, 2014 - science.org
H2O, CO2, SO2, O2, H2, H2S, HCl, chlorinated hydrocarbons, NO, and other trace gases
were evolved during pyrolysis of two mudstone samples acquired by the Curiosity rover at …

Evolved gas analyses of sedimentary rocks and eolian sediment in Gale Crater, Mars: Results of the Curiosity rover's sample analysis at Mars instrument from …

B Sutter, AC Mcadam, PR Mahaffy… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The sample analysis at Mars instrument evolved gas analyzer (SAM‐EGA) has detected
evolved water, H2, SO2, H2S, NO, CO2, CO, O2, and HCl from two eolian sediments and …