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