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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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  • List of 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...
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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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    rover ExoMars Exploration of Mars InSight Life on Mars List of surface features of Mars visited by Spirit and Opportunity Mars 2020 rover mission Opportunity...
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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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    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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    Characterize the surface features and geological processes on Mars. Determine the composition, distribution and physical properties of surface minerals, rocks...
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    designation: Mars I) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos. The two moons were discovered in 1877 by American...
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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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    A transit of Deimos across the Sun as seen from Mars occurs when Deimos passes directly between the Sun and a point on the surface of Mars, obscuring a...
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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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    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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    slopes – Surface features on Mars Terraforming of Mars – Hypothetical modification of Mars into a habitable planet Mars carbonate catastrophe "Mars Fact Sheet"...
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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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    alphabetical list of named rocks (and meteorites) found on Mars, by mission. This list is a sampling of rocks viewed, and is not an exhaustive listing. A more...
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    regolith (a blanket of unconsolidated, loose, heterogeneous superficial deposits covering solid rock) found on the surface of Mars. Its properties can...
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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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    phenomena viewed from the planet Mars are the same as or similar to those seen from Earth; but some (e.g. the view of Earth as an evening/morning star)...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars...
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    thin atmosphere of Mars, and becoming the first aircraft to conduct a powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight. It was designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion...
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