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Rayleigh Wave Ellipticity Modeling and Inversion for Shallow Structure at the Proposed InSight Landing Site in Elysium Planitia, Mars by Knapmeyer-Endrun, Brigitte, Golombek, Matthew P., Ohrnberger, Matthias

“…The SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure) instrument onboard the InSight mission will be the first seismometer directly deployed on the surface of…”
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The Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment on the InSight Mission to Mars by Folkner, William M., Dehant, Véronique, Le Maistre, Sébastien, Yseboodt, Marie, Rivoldini, Attilio, Van Hoolst, Tim, Asmar, Sami W., Golombek, Matthew P.

“…The Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment (RISE) on-board the InSight mission will use the lander’s X-band (8 GHz) radio system in combination with…”
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A Large New Crater Exposes the Limits of Water Ice on Mars by Dundas, Colin M., Mellon, Michael T., Posiolova, Liliya V., Miljković, Katarina, Collins, Gareth S., Tornabene, Livio L., Rangarajan, Vidhya Ganesh, Golombek, Matthew P., Warner, Nicholas H., Daubar, Ingrid J., Byrne, Shane, McEwen, Alfred S., Seelos, Kimberly D., Viola, Donna, Bramson, Ali M., Speth, Gunnar

“…Water ice in the Martian mid‐latitudes has advanced and retreated in response to variations in the planet's orbit, obliquity, and climate. A 150 m‐diameter new…”
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Amazonian chemical weathering rate derived from stony meteorite finds at Meridiani Planum on Mars by Schröder, Christian, Bland, Phil A., Golombek, Matthew P., Ashley, James W., Warner, Nicholas H., Grant, John A.

“…Spacecraft exploring Mars such as the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, as well as the Mars Science Laboratory or Curiosity rover, have…”
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New Perspectives on Ancient Mars by Solomon, Sean C, Aharonson, Oded, Aurnou, Jonathan M, Banerdt, W. Bruce, Carr, Michael H, Dombard, Andrew J, Frey, Herbert V, Golombek, Matthew P, Hauck, Steven A, Head, James W, Jakosky, Bruce M, Johnson, Catherine L, McGovern, Patrick J, Neumann, Gregory A, Phillips, Roger J, Smith, David E, Zuber, Maria T

“…Mars was most active during its first billion years. The core, mantle, and crust formed within [approximately]50 million years of solar system formation. A…”
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The Ingenuity Helicopter on the Perseverance Rover by Balaram, J., Aung, MiMi, Golombek, Matthew P.

“…The Ingenuity Helicopter will be deployed from the Perseverance Rover for a 30-sol experimental campaign shortly after the rover lands and is commissioned. We…”
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Active dust devils in Gusev crater, Mars: Observations from the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit by Greeley, Ronald, Whelley, Patrick L., Arvidson, Raymond E., Cabrol, Nathalie A., Foley, Daniel J., Franklin, Brenda J., Geissler, Paul G., Golombek, Matthew P., Kuzmin, Ruslan O., Landis, Geoffrey A., Lemmon, Mark T., Neakrase, Lynn D. V., Squyres, Steven W., Thompson, Shane D.

“…A full dust devil “season” was observed from Spirit from 10 March 2005 (sol 421, first active dust devil observed) to 12 December 2005 (sol 691, last dust…”
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The science process for selecting the landing site for the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory by Grant, John A., Golombek, Matthew P., Grotzinger, John P., Wilson, Sharon A., Watkins, Michael M., Vasavada, Ashwin R., Griffes, Jennifer L., Parker, Timothy J.

“…The process of identifying the landing site for NASA’s 2011 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) began in 2005 by defining science objectives, related to evaluating…”
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Physical properties of the Mars Exploration Rover landing sites as inferred from Mini-TES–derived thermal inertia by Fergason, Robin L., Christensen, Philip R., Bell III, James F., Golombek, Matthew P., Herkenhoff, Kenneth E., Kieffer, Hugh H.

“…The Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini‐TES) on board the two Mars Exploration Rovers provides the first opportunity to observe thermal properties…”
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Ancient Geodynamics and Global-Scale Hydrology on Mars by Phillips, Roger J., Zuber, Maria T., Solomon, Sean C., Golombek, Matthew P., Jakosky, Bruce M., Banerdt, W. Bruce, Smith, David E., Rebecca M. E. Williams, Hynek, Brian M., Aharonson, Oded, Hauck, Steven A.

“…Loading of the lithosphere of Mars by the Tharsis rise explains much of the global shape and long-wavelength gravity field of the planet, including a ring of…”
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Primary centers and secondary concentrations of tectonic activity through time in the western hemisphere of Mars by Anderson, Robert C., Dohm, James M., Golombek, Matthew P., Haldemann, Albert F. C., Franklin, Brenda J., Tanaka, Kenneth L., Lias, Juan, Peer, Brian

“…Five main stages of radial and concentric structures formed around Tharsis from the Noachian through the Amazonian as determined by geologic mapping of 24,452…”
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Degradation of Victoria crater, Mars by Grant, John A., Wilson, Sharon A., Cohen, Barbara A., Golombek, Matthew P., Geissler, Paul E., Sullivan, Robert J., Kirk, Randolph L., Parker, Timothy J.

“…The ∼750 m diameter and ∼75 m deep Victoria crater in Meridiani Planum, Mars, is a degraded primary impact structure retaining a ∼5 m raised rim consisting of…”
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Areally Extensive Surface Bedrock Exposures on Mars: Many Are Clastic Rocks, Not Lavas by Rogers, A. Deanne, Warner, Nicholas H., Golombek, Matthew P., Head, James W., Cowart, Justin C.

“…Areally extensive exposures of intact olivine/pyroxene‐enriched rock, as well as feldspar‐enriched rock, are found in isolated locations throughout the Martian…”
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The science process for selecting the landing site for the 2020 Mars rover by Grant, John A., Golombek, Matthew P., Wilson, Sharon A., Farley, Kenneth A., Williford, Ken H., Chen, Al

“…The process of identifying the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover began in 2013 by defining threshold mission science criteria related to seeking signs of…”
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Columbia Hills, Mars: Aeolian features seen from the ground and orbit by Greeley, Ronald, Whelley, Patrick L., Neakrase, Lynn D. V., Arvidson, Raymond E., Bridges, Nathan T., Cabrol, Nathalie A., Christensen, Philip R., Di, Kaichang, Foley, Daniel J., Golombek, Matthew P., Herkenhoff, Kenneth, Knudson, Amy, Kuzmin, Ruslan O., Li, Ron, Michaels, Timothy, Squyres, Steven W., Sullivan, Robert, Thompson, Shane D.

“…Abundant wind‐related features occur along Spirit's traverse into the Columbia Hills over the basaltic plains of Gusev Crater. Most of the windblown sands are…”
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Properties and distribution of paired candidate stony meteorites at Meridiani Planum, Mars by Schröder, Christian, Herkenhoff, Kenneth E., Farrand, William H., Chappelow, John E., Wang, Wei, Nittler, Larry R., Ashley, James W., Fleischer, Iris, Gellert, Ralf, Golombek, Matthew P., Johnson, Jeffrey R., Klingelhöfer, Göstar, Li, Ron, Morris, Richard V., Squyres, Steven W.

“…The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity investigated four rocks, informally dubbed Barberton, Santa Catarina, Santorini, and Kasos, that are possible stony…”
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Atmospheric Science with InSight by Spiga, Aymeric, Banfield, Don, Teanby, Nicholas A., Forget, François, Lucas, Antoine, Kenda, Balthasar, Rodriguez Manfredi, Jose Antonio, Widmer-Schnidrig, Rudolf, Murdoch, Naomi, Lemmon, Mark T., Garcia, Raphaël F., Martire, Léo, Karatekin, Özgür, Le Maistre, Sébastien, Van Hove, Bart, Dehant, Véronique, Lognonné, Philippe, Mueller, Nils, Lorenz, Ralph, Mimoun, David, Rodriguez, Sébastien, Beucler, Éric, Daubar, Ingrid, Golombek, Matthew P., Bertrand, Tanguy, Nishikawa, Yasuhiro, Millour, Ehouarn, Rolland, Lucie, Brissaud, Quentin, Kawamura, Taichi, Mocquet, Antoine, Martin, Roland, Clinton, John, Stutzmann, Éléonore, Spohn, Tilman, Smrekar, Suzanne, Banerdt, William B.

“…In November 2018, for the first time a dedicated geophysical station, the InSight lander, will be deployed on the surface of Mars. Along with the two main…”
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Crater Morphometry on the Mafic Floor Unit at Jezero Crater, Mars: Comparisons to a Known Basaltic Lava Plain at the InSight Landing Site by Warner, Nicholas H., Schuyler, Andrew J., Rogers, A. Deanne, Golombek, Matthew P., Grant, John, Wilson, Sharon, Weitz, Cathy, Williams, Nathan, Calef, Fred

“…A secondary objective for the Perseverance rover mission to Jezero crater, Mars, is to collect igneous rocks for analysis on Earth. The mafic crater floor unit…”
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Characteristics of terrestrial basaltic rock populations: Implications for Mars lander and rover science and safety by Craddock, Robert A., Golombek, Matthew P.

“…•Basalt rocks transported or affected by different geologic processes were analyzed.•Most basaltic rocks are disc or sphere shaped due to cooling…”
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Flying a Helicopter on Mars: How Ingenuity's Flights were Planned, Executed, and Analyzed by Grip, Havard Fjaer, Conway, Dylan, Lam, Johnny, Williams, Nathan, Golombek, Matthew P., Brockers, Roland, Mischna, Michael, Cacan, Martin R.

“…In April 2021, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took off from the surface of Mars as the first heavier-than-air, the first controlled, and the first powered…”
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