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Meridiani Planum
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Meridiani Planum (alternatively Terra Meridiani) is a large plain straddling the equator of Mars. The plain sits on top of an enormous body of sediments that contains a lot of bound water. The iron oxide in the spherules is crystalline (grey) hematite (Fe2O3).
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looks across the smooth soil of Meridiani Planum, towards the discarded heat shield of the rover's lander
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looks across the smooth soil of Meridiani Planum, towards the discarded heat shield of the rover's lander
The unfolded, empty lander for the rover Opportunity after completing the "hole-in-one" landing inside Eagle Crater.
The unfolded, empty lander for the rover Opportunity after completing the "hole-in-one" landing inside Eagle Crater.
Figure 4. The plain at a field of "plains ripples" soils. Fields of plains ripples cover many square kilometers. The hills on the horizon are the rim
Figure 4. The plain at a field of "plains ripples" soils. Fields of plains ripples cover many square kilometers. The hills on the horizon are the rim of Endeavour Crater. Each plains ripple is a sloped mound of soil, usually around 25 cm tall, 2 m to 4 m wide, and longer than they are wide. The ripples' long axes are roughly aligned north-to-south since the prevailing winds are (like the equatorial trade winds on Earth) from east to west. Each ripple can join with others or be separated by patches of lighter Meridiani sediment outcrop (for example, in the left foreground). A scattering of loose blocks sits on the foreground sediment. Most block are ejecta from meteorite impacts. Plains ripples are smaller than dunes, "armored" by a layer of hematite spherules, and, hence, have exceedingly slow migration rates.
Schiaparelli EDM
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Schiaparelli EDM was a failed Entry, Descent, and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM) of the ExoMars programme—a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos. It was built in Italy and was intended to test technology for future soft landings on the surface of Mars. It also had a limited but focused science payload that would have measured atmospheric electricity on Mars and local meteorological conditions.
Model of Schiaparelli lander at ESOC (2016)
Model of Schiaparelli lander at ESOC (2016)
Schiaparelli's grave in Milan, Italy
Schiaparelli's grave in Milan, Italy
This space art, titled The Next Stop, was selected by the ESA when discussing its Aurora flagship ExoMars program, and features people enduring a Mars
This space art, titled The Next Stop, was selected by the ESA when discussing its Aurora flagship ExoMars program, and features people enduring a Mars dust storm near a crewed Mars rover.
Models of Schiaparelli and the ExoMars rover at ESA ESTEC, 2014
Models of Schiaparelli and the ExoMars rover at ESA ESTEC, 2014