1. Going to Gale Crater Matt Golombek Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist, JPL
Malin and Edgett 2000

2. Gale Crater: K. Edgett, R. Anderson, J. Bell, D. Sumner, R. Milliken
Malin and Edgett 2000
From Brad Thomson

3. Gale Crater

4. Gale Crater CRISM FRT 58A3 Draped on CTX From Ralph Milliken
CTX image on DEM from L. Edwards and K. Edgett
Gale Crater

5. Golombek, MSL Landing Site
Gale Crater
Land on Cratered Plains
Smooth, Flat, Cratered Plains
“Go To”
Sample Strata Here
Drive up Canyon
Here
Golombek, MSL Landing Site
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6. Gale Science Targets

7. Lower Mound Targets

8. Approaching Central Mound

9. At Edge of Central Mound

10. In Mound

11. Landing
August 5, 2012
~10:30pm PDT