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

2 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

3 “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

4 Mars Rover Family Portrait
Spirit and Opportunity Curiosity Sojourner

5 Spirit and Opportunity

6 Phoenix Polar Lander

7 Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity

8 Climbing Mt. Sharp

9 Gale Crater → Gale Lake

10 Mars2020 Proposed Landing Sites

11 Mars Sample Return

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