Mars Science Laboratory

image 1 | image 2 | image 3 (by Mass Digital)

Planned Launch: Fall, 2011

MSL Overview (PDF)
MSL fact sheet
MSL @ JPL
Partner Site: Mars-o-web

Activities

June 9, 2011- Letter (PDF) and Quad Charts (PDF) describing the outcome of the recent workshop on landing site selection.
May 16, 2011- Please see partner site, Mars-o-web, for 5th Workshop Presentations
April 25, 2011 - MSL 5th MSL Workshop Agenda (PDF)
March 4, 2011 - Second call for 5th MSL Workshop (PDF)
Mar 3, 2011 - Added link to updated HRSC MSL site.
Oct 28, 2010- Call for Imaging of Candidate Future Landing Sites (PDF); Template for Future Landing Site (doc)
Oct 28, 2010 - Update on MSL Landing Site Selection Process (PDF)
Oct 14, 2010- Letter summarizes 4th Landing Site Workshop (PDF)
Aug 20, 2010- Program for the Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop
July 29, 2010 - Reminder for Fourth MSL Landing Site Workshop
June 15, 2010 - Project Letter to MSL Steering Committee (PDF)
May 05, 2010 - Steering Committe Letter (Topic: 5th site not added, PDF)
Jan 04, 2010 - Two new potential MSL landing sites
- Steering Committee Letter (PDF)
- (1) E Margaritifer landing site, abstract (PDF)
- (2) NE Syrtis 2 landing site, abstract(PDF)
- Center locations of the ellipses for imaging (PPT)
  - Updated MSL GIS DVD v0.2 - (zip ~3GB!, readme, jpeg snap)
Nov 02, 2009 - Call for Candidate Future Mars Landing Sites (PDF, Doc)
- Template for proposing new candidate future Mars landing sites (PDF, Doc)
- Note: This is not related to MSL but future missions past MSL.
Aug 20, 2009 - Call for New MSL Sites (PDF, Doc)
- Template for proposing new Mars Science Laboratory landing sites (PDF, Doc)
Apr 24, 2009 - New MSL GIS DVD v0.1 - (superceded see Jan 4, 2010)

Current MSL Landing Sites (updated Jan 4, 2010)
NAME (locator map, offsite )	LOCATION	ELEV	TARGET
Holden Crater Fan (image)	26.37ºS, 325.10ºE	-1940 m	Fluvial Layers, Phyllosilicates (more)
Mawrth Vallis Site 2 ( image)	24.01ºN, 341.03ºE	-2246 m	Noachian Layered Phyllosilicates (more)
Eberswalde Crater ( image)	23.86°S, 326.73°E	-1450 m	Delta, Phyllosilicates (more)
Gale Crater (image)	4.49ºS, 137.42ºE	-4451 m	Layered Sulfates, Phyllosilicates (more)
backup sites removed
Eastern Margaritifer	5.644ºS, 353.82ºE	-1254 m	Chliorides, Phyllosilicates (more)
NE Syrtis 2	17.808ºN, 77.076ºE	-2033 m	Fluvial Layers, Sulfates, Phyllosilicates (more)

MSL Target Resources:

MSL GIS DVD v0.1 - (zip ~3GB!, readme, jpeg snap)
New THEMIS MSL mosaics (hosted at USGS)
- original THEMIS MSL Support Site
MRO-CRISM MSL Support
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
MRO-HiRISE MSL Image Catalog
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
Updated Mars Express HRSC MSL Support
Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera
MGS-MOC Landing Site Support (MSL and others)
Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera

older activities

Apr 09, 2009 - New THEMIS mosaics released (see links below)
Mar 5, 2009 - Final Four Candidate Landing Sites (LPSC Abs - PDF)
Nov 19, 2008 - Sites narrowed to four (press release)
Nov 13, 2008 - Landing Site Down-selection (PDF)
Aug 27, 2008 - Third Landing Site Workshop (Agenda - PDF, Doc)
Dec 07, 2007 - Current Landing Sites: Memorandum
Oct 25 , 2007 - Second Landing Site Workshop Presentations (hosted at Mars-o-web)
Oct 02, 2007 - Program for the 2nd MSL Workshop (PDF, Word), Summary MSL Landing Site Criteria (PDF, Word)
Aug 27, 2007 - Announcing Second Landing Site Workshop for Oct. 23-25, 2007, Pasadena, California. Persons wishing to make presentations at the workshop should consult the Information to Presenters Document.
Aug 17, 2007 - New Engineering guide (v4.5) released
Aug, 2007 - MRO CRISM - MSL Landing Site Selection
July, 2007 - Landing Site Images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Apr 27, 2007 - New Engineering guide released
Jul 3, 2006 - Workshop summary and presentations added
Apr 27, 2006 - Third Announcement added
Apr 18, 2006 - Workshop schedule and abstracts and list of proposed landing sites (PDF)
Mar 9, 2006 - Second Announcement release. New Engineering guide released.
Jan 19, 2006 - First Announcement release
Dec 30, 2005 - draft announcement added