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Definitive mineralogy from the mars science laboratory chemin instrument
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Treiman, A. H. Morris, Richard V. Farmer, J. D. Blake, D. F. Bish, D. L. Chipera, S. J. Vaniman, D. T. DesMarais, D. J. Yen, A. S. Downs, R. T. Ming, D. W. Chen, C. W. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover will land in Gale Crater on Mars in August 2012. The planned landing site is an alluvial fan near the base of the crater's central mound. Orbital remote sensing of this 5 km high mound indicates the presence of hydrated sulfates, interstratified with smectite and hematite-bearing layers. Minerals formed in an aqueous environment are of particular interest given that water is a fundamental ingredient of living systems and that MSL's prime science objective is to investigate martian habitability. |
| File Size | 238449 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120001814 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0fv3jx47 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Hematite Water Habitability Landing Sites Planetary Geology Mars Craters Mineralogy Mars Science Laboratory Mars Surface Sulfates Remote Sensing Curiosity Rover Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
