Posted on 05/29/2019 9:32:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Mars 2020 rover is set to land in Jezero Crater, which scientists estimate was once filled with water. Photo by NASA/MRO
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May 28 (UPI) -- A new photo captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and shared online this week features the landing site for the space agency's Mars 2020 mission.
The Mars 2020 rover, scheduled to launch next year, is expected to land in the Jezero Crater, located in a region of Mars known as the Syrtis Major quadrangle.
The crater is thought to have once been filled with water, and its watery history is visible in the sedimentary formations that texture its interior surface, as well as its outer contours. The new MRO image showcases the remnants of an ancient delta where in-flowing rivers once entered, bringing water and sediment.
Channeling patterns move both to and from Jezero Crater, and in the MRO photo, fans and deltas can be seen extending out from many of the channels.
"Examination of spectral data acquired from orbit show that some of these sediments have minerals that indicate chemical alteration by water," NASA said. "Here in Jezero Crater delta, sediments contain clays and carbonates."
NASA regularly relies on MRO to scout potential landing spots. As the latest MRO image makes clear, the Mars 2020 rover -- and its impressive suite of instruments -- will have plenty of interesting sedimentary structures to investigate. The rover's scientific mission will help scientists better understand Mars' watery past.
Earlier this year, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine detailed the agency's plans for visiting the moon and Mars.
"For the first time, we are going to cache samples on Mars," he said. "For the first time, we are going to fly a helicopter on another world with the Mars Helicopter."
There used to be water on Mars but Martians were socialists.
*ping*
Mars Helicopter?
Anybody have a photo of it in testing. It’s going to need some huge rotors... even if it’s a 6 rotor drone.
Is there enough atmosphere on Mars?
We will never go to Mars. I doubt if we could make it back to the moon.
Yikes! He must have a strong neck. :)
Exactly what I was thinking.
Thanks fieldmarshaldj.
“Something Much Stranger?” –Jezero Crater Mystery, Landing Site for NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover
Posted on May 23, 2019 in Extraterrestrial Life, Featured Articles, NASA, Science
https://dailygalaxy.com/2019/05/something-much-stranger-jezero-crater-mystery-landing-site-for-nasas-mars2020-rover/
http://dailygalaxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Holden_ellipse-1.jpg
We’re going to Jezero!
NASA Selects Jezero Crater Landing Site for Mars 2020 Rover
Emily Lakdawalla
November 20, 2018
http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2018/jezero-landing-site-mars-2020-rover.html
https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/4-mars/2018/20181119_jezero_delta_perspective_20k_doran_f840.jpg
https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/4-mars/2017/20171204_JezeroCTXMosaic_f840.jpg
https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/charts-diagrams/2018/20181119_H0988_0000_rgb_jezero_ellipse_f840.jpg
https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/charts-diagrams/2018/20181119_jezero_regional_topography_goudge_f840.jpg
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On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]
Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.
http://web.archive.org/web/20100409095818/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee
In her defense, she's absurdly stupid and underqualified.
NASA’s darkest days.
Wait, is that racist?
so are her voters!
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