PPT-Mars Science Laboratory Landing Site Mapping

or Why you cant land or rove on Mars without a Map Matt Golombek amp Fred Calef III JPL All images this slide NASAJPLCaltech LPSC March 20 2013 Planetary Mapping and Cartography . James L. Green. Acting Director. , . Mars Exploration Program. NASA Headquarters. May 13, 2014. NOTE ADDED BY JPL WEBMASTER: This content has not been approved or adopted by, NASA, JPL, or the California Institute of Technology. This document is being made available for information purposes only, and any views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of NASA, JPL, or the California Institute of Technology.. Took place July 16, 1969 (Apollo 11). conspiracy theorists say that the moon landings were hoaxed by the US government to ensure their victory in the space race over Russia. idea that has grown strongly in popularity over time. Vance Licht. Things people have thought to make the moon landing false.. Apparent “wind” blowing on the moon?. Two beams of light from spotlights supposed to be the sun.. Footprints staying on the moon’s surface when there is no moisture on the moon whatsoever.. and. . Curiosity. Rover. Metka Batič. Mars. Red planet – . iron. . oxide. Thin. . atmosphere. Large temperature . changes. No magnet . field. . – . radiation. 2 . Moons. : . Phobos. , . Deimos. . for the . Evolvable Mars Campaign. Mark Lupisella, . Michael Wright, . Jacob . Bleacher. Exploration Systems Projects. NASA . Goddard Space Flight . Center. Mike . Gerhnardt. , Steve Chappell, Kara . Mars, also known as the red planet, is the 4. th. planet from the sun. It has the largest volcano in the solar system and has some very large impact craters.. Appearance. The planet mars is made from rock. The ground there is red because of the iron oxide in the rocks and dust. The planets atmosphere is very thin and contains heaps of carbon dioxide (also known as co2). Did you know, mars’ first ever name was Ares, named after the Ancient . Science Team View at Workshop #3. February 8, 2017. Mars 2020. Landing Site Working Group. (LSWG). The Mars 2020 Landing Site Working Group (LSWG) was chartered to evaluate the eight sites selected as a result of the second site selection workshop in August, 2015 with respect to the scientific objectives of the mission.. Lesson Overview. The Mars Rover Celebration lesson plans are a unique blend of hands-on science and practical literacy lessons. The students learn what real scientists do and how careers in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology can be fun and rewarding as they work in a collaborative team to build their Mars rover.. positions. Mars 2020 Project. Three . sites were clearly recognized as warranting . continued consideration . as landing sites. . The LSWG evaluation was . unanimous that. . Jezero. should advance, . Perspective from Atmospheric Science Stakeholders. Scot Rafkin. Southwest Research Institute. Boulder, CO. r. afkin.swri@gmail.com. Image Credit: MSSS/NASA/JPL. AMIII 2-4 Dec 2015. S. Rafkin -- Atmospheric Science. Launch in July-August 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FloridaLaunching on a ULA Atlas 541 procured under NASA’s Launch Services Programlled Jezero Craterexploring the landing sit cool surface features. Lets look at some!. (all images credit: Mike . Sussman. ). The famous “Face on Mars”. Now don’t get all excited…. How Come We Missed These?. Look harder!. The Panda!. George Washington Screaming!. Akyürek. 2, . 3. 1. Çankırı Karatekin University, Faculty of Forestry, Forest Engineering Department, 18200 . Çankırı. , Turkey. 2. Middle East Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, Ankara, 06800 Ankara, Turkey. Mars is the forth planet from the . sun. Mars has two moons in orbit. The names of the moons are called Phobos and Deimos. Mars is currently 218.27 million KMs from the sun. Mars’ diameter is 6,779kms.