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Tag Archives: Oxia Palus
HiRISE: Landing in Oxia Palus
This image shows a cratered area to the southeast of the ExoMars 2020 Rosalind Franklin rover landing site at Oxia Palus. Selecting and characterizing landing sites is a balance between having science targets and avoiding potential obstacles, and HiRISE is … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Palus, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: We found geology in a chaotic place
We found geology in a chaotic place. The terrain here lives up to its description as “chaotic:” we see small hills, mesas, buttes and valleys. This area is called Oxia Palus, and its debris likely came from Ravi Vallis, which … Continue reading
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Tagged buttes, chaotic terrain, geologic contacts, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, hills, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mesas, MRO, NASA, Oxia Palus, Ravi Vallis, stratigraphy, University of Arizona, valleys
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HiRISE: Candidate ExoMars landing site in Oxia Palus
Candidate ExoMars landing site in Oxia Palus region. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Palus, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Catastrophically cratered
Catastrophically cratered. Candidate future landing site in the Oxia Palus region. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Palus, University of Arizona
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Mars Orbiter Mission: Taytay Crater
Taytay Crater is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 0 .37° N and 19.65° W. It is 18.4 km in diameter and was named after Taytay Philippines. Mars colour camera has taken this image … Continue reading
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Tagged Indian Space Research Organization, ISRO, Mars Color Camera, Mars Orbiter Mission, MCC, MOM, Oxia Palus, Taytay Crater
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HiRISE: Possible landing site for ExoMars rover
One of the important roles of HiRISE is to take high resolution images of potential landing sites for future landing missions. This image is of an area called Aram Dorsum (also known by its old name, Oxia Palus) that has … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ExoMars rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Palus, University of Arizona
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ExoMars 2018: Four landing site candidates
Some 60 scientists and engineers came together 26–28 March for the first ExoMars 2018 Landing Site Selection Workshop, held at ESA’s European Space Astronomy Centre near Madrid… The workshop attendees favoured four candidate sites – all of which are located … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, Hypanis Valles, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Palus, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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