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1. - Chronological sequence of missions and events

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2025

Philip J. Stooke
Philip J. Stooke
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
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This section examines planning for missions after Curiosity, including the process of landing site selection. It depicts the activities of NASA’s InSight lander and Perseverance rover, China’s Tianwen-1 lander and Zhurong rover, and orbiting spacecraft including MAVEN, Hope and the Trace Gas Orbiter. Plans for future human exploration of Mars are presented as they were imagined in this period.

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Landing site selectionMission planningInSightPerseveranceJezero CraterTianwen-1ZhurongMAVENHopeTrace Gas OrbiterExoMars

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The International Atlas of Mars Exploration
Curiosity, InSight and Perseverance
 , pp. 1 - 575
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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