MARS

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

04-05 THE WANDERING STAR

06-07 FORMATION TO DEVASTATION

08-09 POTENTIAL FOR LIFE

10-13 PAST AND CURRENT SURFACE MISSIONS ON MARS

14-15 INTRIGUING PROCESSES

16-21 SETI INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY MARS

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T H E WA N D E R I N G S TA R
Mars. The red planet. The fourth rocky world from the sun. A planet flanked
by Earth and the asteroid belt.

"canali"

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M A R S Q U I C K FA C T S
ORBIT LENGTH:
AVERAGE DISTANCE FROM THE SUN:

DAY (AKA SOL):

RELATIVE SIZE:
MASS:
GRAVITY ON MARS:
AVERAGE SURFACE TEMPERATURE:
NUMBER OF MOONS: 2
 —David Hinson

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F O R M AT I O N T O D E VA S TAT I O N

—Lori Fenton
POTENTIAL FOR LIFE
T H E I M P O R TA N C E
OF ANALOG
ENVIRONMENTS

—Kim Warren-Rhodes
PA S T A N D C U R R E N T S U R FA C E
MISSIONS ON MARS

VIKING MISSIONS (LANDER):

PATHFINDER (LANDER AND ROVER):

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SPIRIT (ROVER):

OPPORTUNITY (ROVER):

PHOENIX (LANDER):

—Pablo Sobron

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CURIOSITY (ROVER):

INSIGHT (LANDER):

Perseverance (US) Heavenly (China 2021) Rosalind Franklin (ESA,

2023)

—Janice Bishop

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INTRIGUING PROCESSES

yet fully understand.

GULLY FLOW:

RECURRING SLOPE LINEAE:

VOLCANISM THROUGH ICE:

SUBSURFACE LAKES:

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SETI INSTITUTE SCIENTISTS
WHO STUDY MARS
N AT H A L I E C A B R O L
EXPERTISE:

Nathalie is an astrobiologist and the Director of

SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center for Research,
where she spearheads a new multidisciplinary

JANICE BISHOP
EXPERTISE:

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 D AV I D H I N S O N
EXPERTISE:

VIRGINIA GULICK
EXPERTISE:
 PA S C A L L E E
EXPERTISE:

JOHN MARSHALL
EXPERTISE:
 K I M WA R R E N - R H O D E S
EXPERTISE:

ROSALBA BONACCORSI
EXPERTISE:

where
 PA B L O S O B R O N
EXPERTISE:

LORI FENTON
EXPERTISE:

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PHILIPPE SARRAZIN
EXPERTISE:

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SOURCES
Mars: A View of the Red Planet

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