| 2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004) | |
| Paper No. 199-8 | |
| Presentation Time: 11:00 AM-11:30 AM | ||
SCIENTIFIC RESULTS FROM THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVER MISSION | ||
|
SQUYRES, Steven W., Department of Astronomy, Cornell Univ, Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, squyres@astro.cornell.edu. The Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been conducting geologic exploration of the martian surface since January, 2004. Spirit landed at Gusev Crater, and for the first 160 sols of its mission it explored the basalt-covered plains of the crater floor. After a traverse of over 3 km, Spirit arrived at the Columbia Hills, where it will search for evidence of ancient aqueous activity. Opportunity landed at Meridiani Planum, where it has found evidence for substantial ancient aqueous activity in the form of thick evaporitic deposits and hematite-rich concretions. Exploration of Endurance Crater by Opportunity has produced the first detailed description of a stratigraphic section on Mars. This presentation will summarize the scientific results of the Mars Exploration Rover mission, including the most recent data from both rovers. | ||
|
2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
General Information for this Meeting | ||
| Session No. 199 Seeing Mars With New Eyes: Active Missions, Science Results, and Geoscience Education Colorado Convention Center: Ballroom 2&3 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, November 10, 2004 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 464 | ||
© Copyright 2004 The Geological Society of America (GSA), all rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted to the author(s) of this abstract to reproduce and distribute it freely, for noncommercial purposes. Permission is hereby granted to any individual scientist to download a single copy of this electronic file and reproduce up to 20 paper copies for noncommercial purposes advancing science and education, including classroom use, providing all reproductions include the complete content shown here, including the author information. All other forms of reproduction and/or transmittal are prohibited without written permission from GSA Copyright Permissions. | ||