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Tag Archives: Oxia Planum
ExoMars 2020 landing site workshop begins
The 4th ExoMars 2020 Landing Site Selection Workshop will be held on 27 – 28th March 2017 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The two-day workshop will be run by the ExoMars 2020 Landing … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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ExoMars 2020 landing sites will narrow to two
On Monday 27 March, the 4th ExoMars Landing Site Selection Workshop will take place at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), The Netherlands. At the conclusion of the two-day meeting the Landing Site Selection Working Group will make … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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ExoMars 2018 rover heading for Oxia Planum
Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission. [HiRISE imaged the Oxia Planum landing site last summer.] ExoMars 2018, comprising a rover and surface platform, is the second of two … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, Meridiani Planum, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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ExoMars 2018: Landing site choices to narrow
Later this month, scientists and engineers will meet to choose which two, of four possible landing sites for the ExoMars 2018 mission, should be retained as candidates. ExoMars is a joint two-mission endeavour between ESA and Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter, Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, Hypanis Valles, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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HiRISE: Clay-rich terrain in Oxia Planum, a proposed ExoMars landing site
Oxia Planum is an ancient (Noachian epoch) terrain situated to the east of Chryse Planitia at about 18 degrees north. The OMEGA infrared spectrometer on board Mars Express, and CRISM onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, have identified iron-magnesium rich clays … Continue reading
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Tagged ExoMars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, M2020, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Planum, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Possible future landing site in Oxia Planum
Oxia Planum is broad clay-bearing surface between Mawrth and Ares Vallis that has been proposed as a future landing site on Mars. Remnants of a possible fan or delta near the outlet of Coogoon Vallis is a potential science target … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Oxia Planum, University of Arizona
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ExoMars 2018: Landing site shortlist chosen
ExoMars is a joint two-mission endeavour between ESA and Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. The Trace Gas Orbiter and an entry, descent, and landing demonstrator module, Schiaparelli, will be launched in January 2016, arriving at Mars nine months later. The Rover … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, Hypanis Valles, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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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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