Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars

WB Banerdt, SE Smrekar, D Banfield, D Giardini… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
NASA's InSight (Interior exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat
Transport) mission landed in Elysium Planitia on Mars on 26 November 2018. It aims to …

Habitability: a review

CS Cockell, T Bush, C Bryce, S Direito, M Fox-Powell… - Astrobiology, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Habitability is a widely used word in the geoscience, planetary science, and astrobiology
literature, but what does it mean? In this review on habitability, we define it as the ability of …

Mars reconnaissance orbiter's high resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE)

AS McEwen, EM Eliason, JW Bergstrom… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The HiRISE camera features a 0.5 m diameter primary mirror, 12 m effective focal length,
and a focal plane system that can acquire images containing up to 28 Gb (gigabits) of data …

A new analysis of Mars “special regions”: findings of the second MEPAG Special Regions Science Analysis Group (SR-SAG2)

JD Rummel, DW Beaty, MA Jones, C Bakermans… - 2014 - liebertpub.com
A committee of the Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG) has reviewed and
updated the description of Special Regions on Mars as places where terrestrial organisms …

Context camera investigation on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

MC Malin, JF Bell III, BA Cantor… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Context Camera (CTX) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a Facility
Instrument (ie, government‐furnished equipment operated by a science team not …

Geology of the InSight landing site on Mars

M Golombek, NH Warner, JA Grant, E Hauber… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport
(InSight) spacecraft landed successfully on Mars and imaged the surface to characterize the …

Biosignature preservation and detection in Mars analog environments

LE Hays, HV Graham, DJ Des Marais, EM Hausrath… - Astrobiology, 2017 - liebertpub.com
This review of material relevant to the Conference on Biosignature Preservation and
Detection in Mars Analog Environments summarizes the meeting materials and discussions …

The fluid dynamics of river dunes: A review and some future research directions

J Best - Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Dunes are present in nearly all fluvial channels and are vital in predicting flow resistance,
sediment transport, and deposition within many rivers. Progress in understanding the fluid …

Martian cratering 8: Isochron refinement and the chronology of Mars

WK Hartmann - Icarus, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper reviews and refines the technique of dating martian surfaces by using impact-
crater isochrons (defined as size distributions of impact craters on undisturbed martian …

An intense terminal epoch of widespread fluvial activity on early Mars: 1. Valley network incision and associated deposits

AD Howard, JM Moore… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We present evidence that a final epoch of widespread fluvial erosion and deposition in the
cratered highlands during the latest Noachian or early to mid‐Hesperian was characterized …