Mars Science Laboratory

Current MSL Landing Sites (July 8, 2008)

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
Site 2
Site 3
Site 4

24.65ºN, 340.09ºE
24.01ºN, 341.03ºE
23.19ºN, 342.41ºE
24.86ºN, 339.42ºE

-3093 m
-2246 m
-2187 m
-3359 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?

Gale Crater (image)

4.49ºS, 137.42ºE

-4451 m

Layered Sulfates, Phyllosilicates