marsoweb.nas.nasa.govMars Exploration Program Landing Sites

CURRENT MISSION STATUS NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory European Space Agency Mars Global Surveyor Mars Exploration Rovers Mars Odyssey Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Express Prospective Landing Sites for Future (non-MSL) Missions (Jan. 5 th , 2010)RFP for Future Mars Landing Sites (Nov. 16 th , 2010)The Mars Exploration Program has issued, in November 2010, a Request for Proposal (round VI) for the Critical Data Products program. This RFP provides support to develop a number of scientifically high-priority landing sites on Mars that will form an initial list for future landed missions. Details of the RFPs are posted here . Imaging Future Candidate Landing Sites (Oct. 28 th , 2010) Call for Imaging of Candidate Future Landing Sites (Word) (from the Mars Program Offices at NASA HQ and JPL) Abstract Template for Submitting Imaging Requests (Word) Call for Prospective Landing Sites for Future (non-MSL) Missions (Nov. 2 nd , 2009) Call for Future Landing Sites (Word) Landing Site Abstract Template (Word) 2011 M ARS S CIENCE L ABORATORY Fifth MSL Landing Site Workshop May 16 - May 17, 2011, Monrovia, CA, DoubleTree Hotel Workshop Presentations (HTML) MSL Landing Site Steering Committee Letter (Word) (workshop summary letter to Meyer & Grotzinger; posted June 9, 2011)Latest Quad Charts of Landing Sites (PPT) (posted June 9, 2011) This conference will be WebEx-accessible. (See instructions.)Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop Sep. 27 - Sep. 29, 2010 Workshop Presentations (HTML) Workshop Summary Letter (Word) Update on on MSL Landing Site Selection Process (Word) (Golombek & Grant) (Oct. 28 th , 2010)Landing Site Selection Updates Update on on MSL Landing Site Selection Process (Word) (Golombek & Grant) (Oct. 28 th , 2010)Current Prospective MSL Landing Sites (Jan. 5 th , 2010)Documents for MSL Landing Sites, 2011 (3/4/11) HRSC digital terrain models for the MSL candidate landing sites (Klaus Gwinner’s HRSC 50 m/pixel DEMs of the MSL landing sites) (HTML) (1/5/11) Final Four Landing Sites for the Mars Science Laboratory (2011 LPSC abstract, showing slightly shifted ellipses for the 2011 opportunity) (PDF) Documents for MSL Landing Sites, 2010 (6/15/10) MSL Project Letter to MSL Landing Site Steering Committee (accepting Committee’s recommendation to not consider NE Syrtis or E Margaritifer) (PDF) (5/11/10) MSL Landing Site Steering Committee Letter: Decision to not add a 5 th site (discussing the science merits and landing site hazards of NE Syrtis & E Margaritifer) (Word) Documents from Jan. 5 th 2010 Steering Committee Letter on 2 New Sites (PDF) (Grant & Golombek) Abstract Describing NE Syrtis (PDF) (Mustard and Ehlmann) Ellipse Locations for 2 New Sites (PPT) (Grant & Golombek) Abstract Describing E Margaritifer (PDF) (Christensen et al.) Call for New MSL Landing Sites (Aug. 22 nd , 2009) Call for New MSL Sites (Word) Landing Site Abstract Template (Word) Previously-Considered MSL Landing Sites (April, 2009) Third MSL Landing Site Workshop Sep. 15 - Sep. 17, 2008, Monrovia, California Workshop Presentations Final Notes from the Workshop (Word) Third MSL Landing Site Workshop Agenda (Word) Third MSL Landing Site Workshop (Word) 2 nd announcementSteering Committe Letter on Current 7 Sites (Word) Discussion Points and Science Criteria (Word) (how sites will be discussed and ranked)MSL Landing Sites - Final 7 (Word) Maps of Final 7 Sites (JPEG) Steering Committee PresentationsLanding Site Presentations and Memoranda Final Four Candidate Landing Sites (March 2009) (PDF) Golombek et al. Landing Site Down-selection Meeting (JPL, Nov. 5) (PDF) Watkins, Grotzinger, Vasavada MSL Landing Sites: Gale, Reconsidered (PDF) Edgett, Milliken, Grotzinger, Malin Additional MSL Landing Site: Opportunities and Constraints from the Project Side (PDF) Watkins et al. Candidate MSL Landing Site: Southern Meridiani Phyllosilicate / Sulfate Contact (PDF) Arvidson, Wiseman, and the CRISM Team MSL Landing Sites Ellipses (April, 2009) HiRISE, CTX, & MOC Image Maps Interactive Guide to Landing Site ImagesJPEG Holden Crater JPEG Mawrth Vallis JPEG Eberswalde Crater JPEG Gale Crater JPEGMSL Landing Site Image & Data ResourcesHiRISE Stereo Anaglyphs19 HiRISE Stereo Anaglyphs of MSL landing sites (HiRISE Science Team) CTX Stereo Anaglyphs 19 CTX Stereo Anaglyphs of MSL landing sites (Malin Space Science Systems) HiRISE MSL Images Links to all HiRISE images of MSL landing sites (HiRISE Science Team) TES/THEMIS-Derived Composition Bulk surface composition data and maps of landing sites (Bandfield/Rogers, for JPL’s Critical Data Products) CRISM support for MSL landing site selection Systematic set of derived CRISM analysis products provides an objective framework for the evaluation and comparison of the spectral signatures at each candidate site. CRISM prototype TRR3 I/F data available. (CRISM Science Team, for JPL’s Critical Data Products) THEMIS Images Full-resolution landing site images from THEMIS (THEMIS Science Team)From the Public Holden Crater Mawrth Vallis Eberswalde Crater Gale Crater Perspective views of prospective landing sites, using Mars Express, MOLA, MDIM, & THEMIS data(Steven Hobbs)General MSL Documents Mission Overview (PDF) Engineering Constraints, v4.5 (PDF) (Revised: Aug. 24, 2007)Planetary Protection Constraints (PDF) Previous Landing Site Workshops First Landing Site Workshop May 31 - June 2, 2006, Pasadena, California Workshop Presentations Workshop Report (PDF) Workshop Summary Letter (PDF) Landing Site List from Workshop (PDF) Landing Site Voting Results (PDF) Second Landing Site Workshop Oct. 23 - Oct. 25, 2007, Pasadena, California Workshop Presentations Announcement (Word) Assessment Summary of Science Criteria (PDF) Top Priority Sites from Workshop (PDF) Historical Landing Site Documents Mars Landing Site Catalog (HTML) NASA Reference Publication 1238, 1990 (Ronald Greeley and Peggy Ellen Thomas, editors) PDF Version Mars Surveyor 2001 Landing Site Workshop (PDF) NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, January 26-27, 1998 (Virginia Gulick, editor)MRO HIRISE: H IGH R ESOLUTION I MAGING S CIENCE E XPERIMENT HiRISE Image Viewer Explore images online in full-resolution Latest Image Download Center Weekly releases at HiRISE Operations Center HiRISE Learning and Activities Center HiRISE fact sheets, tutorials, K-14 activity books with teacher guides, detailed science theme descriptions HiRISE Clickworkers Volunteer to help identify landforms in HiRISE images M ARS D ATA V ISUALIZATION T OOLSInteractive Data MapsMOLA Track AtlasMOC Images (w/ image processing) Webwork: Glenn Deardorff NAS Systems Division Principal Investigator: Dr. Virginia Gulick Center for Mars Exploration NASA Web Privacy...