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Tag Archives: ExoMars rover
HiRISE: Candidate ExoMars landing site in Mawrth Vallis
Candidate ExoMars landing site in Mawrth Vallis. Beautiful Mars series.
Posted in Reports
Tagged Beautiful Mars, ExoMars 2020 rover, ExoMars rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Catastrophically cratered
Catastrophically cratered. Candidate future landing site in the Oxia Palus region. Beautiful Mars series.
Posted in Reports
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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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
Posted in Reports
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: Possible ExoMars landing site, Aram Dorsum
This image is part of a proposed landing site for the ExoMars Rover, planned for launch in 2018. We can see how an upper layers of light toned sediments have been eroded, leaving a lower surface which appears dark. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Good place to explore
A good place to explore — candidate ExoMars landing site near Hypanis Valles. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, ExoMars, ExoMars 2018, ExoMars rover, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Hypanis Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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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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Mars yard ready for Red Planet rover
A state-of-the-art ‘Mars yard’ is now ready to put the ExoMars rover through its paces before the vehicle is launched to the Red Planet in 2018. ESA, the UK Space Agency and Airbus Defence and Space opened the renovated test … Continue reading