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    The Mars Exploration Rover mission successfully landed and operated the rovers Spirit and Opportunity on the planet Mars from 2004 to 2018. During Spirit's...
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  • The common surface features of Mars include dark slope streaks, dust devil tracks, sand dunes, Medusae Fossae Formation, fretted terrain, layers, gullies...
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    The following table is a partial list of artificial objects on the surface of Mars, consisting of spacecraft which were launched from Earth. Although most...
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    Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red...
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    The climate of Mars has been a topic of scientific curiosity for centuries, in part because it is the only terrestrial planet whose surface can be easily...
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    Characterize the surface features and geological processes on Mars. Determine the composition, distribution and physical properties of surface minerals, rocks...
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    Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which operated for years beyond their specification. There are two functional rovers on the surface of...
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    which is 0.6% of the Earth's value. The currently thin Martian atmosphere prohibits the existence of liquid water on the surface of Mars, but many studies...
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    distinctively red color of Mars as seen by the naked eye. Modern observations indicate that Mars's redness is skin deep. The Martian surface looks reddish primarily...
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    NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission was a robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars. It...
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  • has been found on Mars. Cumulative evidence suggests that during the ancient Noachian time period, the surface environment of Mars had liquid water and...
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    photographed by the Mars Rover Opportunity. During the transits, Phobos casts a shadow on the surface of Mars; this event has been photographed by several spacecraft...
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  • areas of chaos terrain on Mars List of surface features of Mars seen by the Spirit rover List of surface features of Mars seen by the Opportunity rover...
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    The history of Mars observation is about the recorded history of observation of the planet Mars. Some of the early records of Mars' observation date back...
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    on Mars. In the mid-latitudes, it is exposed by impact craters, steep scarps and gullies. Additionally, water ice is also visible at the surface at the...
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  • Mars may contain ores that would be very useful to potential colonists. The abundance of volcanic features together with widespread cratering are strong...
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    on Mars; that is, a Mars-day. A sol is the apparent interval between two successive returns of the Sun to the same meridian (sundial time) as seen by an...
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    designation: Mars II) is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean radius of 6.2 km (3.9 mi)...
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    aspects:: 43  Exploration of Mars surface features by studying the morphology, topography and mineralogy Study the constituents of Martian atmosphere including...
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  • transit of Phobos across the Sun as seen from Mars takes place when Phobos passes directly between the Sun and a point on the surface of Mars, obscuring...
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  • evidence of water on Mars, dating back to the Mariner 9 mission, which arrived at Mars in 1971. This article provides a mission by mission breakdown of the...
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    The geology of Mars is the scientific study of the surface, crust, and interior of the planet Mars. It emphasizes the composition, structure, history,...
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    Kirkwood spheres (2012) See also List of rocks on Mars#Opportunity and List of surface features of Mars imaged by Opportunity The rover could take pictures...
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    regolith is the fine blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering the surface of Mars. The term Martian soil typically...
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  • Mars Craters on Mars Gullies on Mars Labes on Mars Mountains on Mars Quadrangles on Mars Plains on Mars Valles on Mars Surface features of Mars seen by...
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  • not to be given official names. Because of this, some less significant rocks seen in photos returned by Mars rovers have been named more than once, and...
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    Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the...
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    Curiosity is a car-sized Mars rover exploring Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission. Curiosity was...
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    proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature denotes the time of year as the number of degrees on its orbit from...
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    Composition of Mars Curiosity rover ExoMars Exploration of Mars InSight Life on Mars List of surface features of Mars visited by Spirit and Opportunity Mars 2020...
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