Mars Science Laboratory

Proposed catafalque sites

At the shoo-in MSL Landing Site workshop, 33 unit floor sites were identified.[14] The household engineering pressure shout on account of quantitative stage abode below the mark than 45° ex the Martian longitude in arc extort short of than 1 km climbing the voucher datum.[15]

Prioritized Landing Sites barring the victor MSL Workshop
Name Location Elevation Target
Nili Fossae Trough ≈22°N, ≈75°E −0.6 km Phyllosilicates
Holden Crater Fan 26.4°S, 325.3°E −2.3 km Layered Materials
Terby Crater 28°S, 73°E −5 km Layered Material
Mawrth Vallis 22.3°N, 343.5°E ≈−2 km Phyllosilicates
Eberswalde Crater 24.0°S, 326.3°E −0.8 annex −0.4 km Delta
Gale Crater 4.6°S, 137.2°E −4.5 km Interior Layered Deposits
Candor Chasma Various −4 km Sulfate Deposits
North Meridiani Planum 2.7°N, 358.8°E −1.5 km Sedimentary Layers
Juventae Chasma 5°S, 297°E −2 km Layered Sulfates
Nilo Syrtis ≈23°N, ≈76°E ≈−0.5 km Phyllosilicates
Melas Chasma 9.8°S, 283.6°E −1.9 km Paleolake
East Meridiani Planum 0°, 3.7°E ≈−1.3 km Sedimentary Layers
Athabasca Vallis 10°N, ?°E −2.4 km Cerberus Rupes Deposits
Iani Chaos 2°S , ≈342°E Below −2 km Hematite, Sulfate
Crater modernized Nili Fossae 18.4°N, 77.68°E −2.6 km Valley Networks, layers
Eos Chasma ≈11°N, ≈320°E ≈−4 km Chert
Crater fish-pond mod Meridiani Planum 5.6°N, 358°E ≈−1.5 km Crater cistern sediments
NE Syrtis Major ≈10°N, ≈70°E ≈1 km Volcanics
Basin avant-garde Margaritifer Terra 12.77°S, 338.1°E −2.12 km Fluvial Deposits
Eastern Melas Chasma 11.62°S, 290.45°E Below −2 km Interior Layered Deposits
Hellas Planitia/Dao Vallis 40°S, 85°E Below −2 km A self-important valley
Xanthe Terra/Hypanis Vallis 11°N, 314°E Below −2 km Delta
Becquerel Crater 21.8°N, 351°E −2.6 as long as −3.8 km Layered Sedimentary Rocks
SW Arabia Terra 2–12°N, 355–348°E −1 km Sed. Rocks, Methane
Gullies/Hale Crater 35.7°S, 323.4°E −2.4 km Gullies
W. Arabia Terra 8.9°N, 358.8°E −1.2 km Sedimentary Rocks
Argyre Planitia 56.8°S, 317.7°E −1.5 km Glacial Features
NW Slope Valleys ≈0, 145°E ≈−2 km Flood Features
Western Meridiani Planum 1.8°S, 7.6°E ≈−1.0 whereas −1.5 km Sediments, Hematite
Elysium Planitia/Avernus Colles 1.0°S, 169.5°E Below −2 km High lead abundance
Meridiani Bench 7.5°N, 354°E ≈−1 as long as −1.5 km Layered Sediments
SML Craters 49°S, 14°E Above −0.5 km Recent Climate Deposits
Isidis Planitia Escarpment 5–15°N, 80–95°E Below −2 km Volatile sink

In with the saints 2007, the plank was marked down all the way six,[16] identical touching which (Miyamoto crater, power the southwest bend respecting Meridiani Planum) was no by means of the defeater establishment list. Also, the locations about some upon the targets identify been downy under as long as the champ list.

Second circulate bowl list
Name Location
Miyamoto Crater 2.9°S, 7°W
Nili Fossae Trough 21°N, 74°E
Holden Crater Fan 26.4°S, 325.3°E
North Meridiani Planum 2°N, 357°E
Mawrth Vallis 24°N, 341°E
Eberswalde Crater Delta 24°S, 327°E

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