Patricia Craig, Ph.D. Planetary Science Palooza LPSC 2017

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Patricia Craig, Ph.D. Planetary Science Palooza LPSC 2017 Mars: Are we there yet? Patricia Craig, Ph.D. Planetary Science Palooza LPSC 2017

Early Exploration Tycho Brahe, 1583 Galileo, 1610 Varying Earth-Mars distance Galileo, 1610 Not perfect sphere Christian Huygens, 1659 24-hr rotation period Giovanni Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell Canals

“Less Early” Exploration First attempted robotic missions: 1960s First fly-by 1965: Mariner 4 Returned 21 images First lander 1971: Mars 3 Soviet mission Returned 20 seconds of data First rover 1997: Sojourner Feasibility demonstration Two of every three missions to Mars has FAILED

Mars Rover Family Portrait Spirit and Opportunity Curiosity Sojourner

Spirit and Opportunity

Phoenix Polar Lander

Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity

Climbing Mt. Sharp

Gale Crater → Gale Lake

Mars2020 Proposed Landing Sites

Mars Sample Return