Mars Science Laboratory
Planned Launch: Fall, 2009
Arrival: October, 2010
MSL Overview (PDF)
MSL fact sheet
MSL @ JPL
Partner Site: Mars-o-web
Activities
- Aug 27, 2008 - Third Landing Site Workshop (Agenda - PDF, Doc)
Current MSL Landing Sites (July 8, 2008) |
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NAME (locator map JPEG) |
LOCATION |
ELEV |
TARGET |
Nili Fossae Trough (image) |
21.01ºN, 74.45ºE |
-608 m |
Noachian Phyllosilicates |
Holden Crater Fan (image) |
26.37ºS, 325.10ºE |
-1940 m |
Fluvial Layers, Phyllosilicates |
Mawrth Vallis ( image) Site 1 |
24.65ºN, 340.09ºE |
-3093 m |
Noachian Layered Phyllosilicates |
Eberswalde Crater ( image) |
23.86°S, 326.73°E |
-1450 m |
Delta |
Miyamoto ( image) |
3.34ºS, 352.26ºE |
-1807 m |
Phyllosilicates, Sulfates? |
S. Meridiani ( image) |
3.05ºS, 354.61ºE |
-1589 m |
Sulfates, Phyllosilicates |
Gale Crater (image) |
4.49ºS, 137.42ºE |
-4451 m |
Layered Sulfates, Phyllosilicates |
MSL Targeted Resources:
- THEMIS MSL Support
- MRO-CRISM MSL Support
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars - MRO-HiRISE MSL Image Catalog
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment - Mars Express HRSC MSL Support
Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera - MGS-MOC Landing Site Support (MSL and others)
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera
older activities |