The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer, MEDA. A suite of environmental sensors for the Mars 2020 mission

JA Rodriguez-Manfredi, M De la Torre Juárez… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract NASA's Mars 2020 (M2020) rover mission includes a suite of sensors to monitor
current environmental conditions near the surface of Mars and to constrain bulk aerosol …

Mars oxygen ISRU experiment (MOXIE)—preparing for human mars exploration

JA Hoffman, MH Hecht, D Rapp, JJ Hartvigsen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
MOXIE [Mars Oxygen In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Experiment] is the first
demonstration of ISRU on another planet, producing oxygen by solid oxide electrolysis of …

The dynamic atmospheric and aeolian environment of Jezero crater, Mars

CE Newman, R Hueso, MT Lemmon, A Munguira… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Despite the importance of sand and dust to Mars geomorphology, weather, and exploration,
the processes that move sand and that raise dust to maintain Mars' ubiquitous dust haze and …

Geological, multispectral, and meteorological imaging results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in Jezero crater

JF Bell III, JN Maki, S Alwmark, BL Ehlmann… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Perseverance's Mastcam-Z instrument provides high-resolution stereo and multispectral
images with a unique combination of spatial resolution, spatial coverage, and wavelength …

The diverse meteorology of Jezero crater over the first 250 sols of Perseverance on Mars

JA Rodriguez-Manfredi, M De la Torre Juárez… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
NASA's Perseverance rover's Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer is collecting data at
Jezero crater, characterizing the physical processes in the lowest layer of the Martian …

Martian dunes indicative of wind regime shift in line with end of ice age

J Liu, X Qin, X Ren, X Wang, Y Sun, X Zeng, H Wu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Orbital observations suggest that Mars underwent a recent 'ice age'(roughly 0.4–2.1 million
years ago), during which a latitude-dependent ice-dust mantle (LDM), was emplaced. A …

Overview and results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover's first science campaign on the Jezero crater floor

VZ Sun, KP Hand, KM Stack, KA Farley… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on 18 February 2021.
After a 100‐sol period of commissioning and the Ingenuity Helicopter technology …

Near surface atmospheric temperatures at Jezero from Mars 2020 MEDA measurements

A Munguira, R Hueso… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer instrument on Mars 2020 has five
Atmospheric Temperature Sensors at two altitudes (0.84 and 1.45 m) plus a Thermal …

Convective vortices and dust devils detected and characterized by Mars 2020

R Hueso, CE Newman… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We characterize vortex and dust devils (DDs) at Jezero from pressure and winds obtained
with the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA) instrument on Mars 2020 over 415 …

Mars 2020 perseverance rover studies of the Martian atmosphere over Jezero from pressure measurements

A Sánchez‐Lavega… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The pressure sensors on Mars rover Perseverance measure the pressure field in the Jezero
crater on regular hourly basis starting in sol 15 after landing. The present study extends up …