ODE Supported Existing and Proposed Landing Sites

PDS and Non-PDS data in the ODE site have been flagged if they intersect the proposed MSL landing sites and the existing landing sites listed below. Select one or more sites to filter products of the selected data sets by this affiliation.

Existing Landing Sites

Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spirit Landing Site

Doppler Measurement (Radiometric Solution)

14.571892° S

175.47848° E

Cartographic Triangulation

14.5692° S

175.4729° E

Reference: Arvidson, R.E., et al., Localization and physical properties experiments conducted by Spirit at Gusev Crater, Science, v. 305, no. 5685, p. 821-824, 2004.

Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Opportunity Landing Site

Doppler Measurement (Radiometric Solution)

1.9483° S

354.47417° E

Cartographic Triangulation

1.9462° S

354.4734° E

Reference: Arvidson, R.E., et al., Localization and physical property experiments conducted by Opportunity at Meridiani Planum, Science, v. 306, no. 5702, p. 1730-1733, 2004.

Phoenix Landing Site

68.22° N

234.25° E

Reference: Smith, P.H., et al., H2O at the Phoenix Landing Site, Science, v. 325, no. 5936, p. 58-61, 2009.

Pathfinder Landing Site

19.095° N

326.747° E

Reference: Folkner, W.M., et al., Interior Structure and Seasonal Mass Redistribution of Mars from Radio Tracking of Mars Pathfinder, Science, v. 278, no. 5344, p. 1749-1752, 1997.

Viking Lander 1 Landing Site

22.269° N

312.049° E

Reference: Folkner, W.M., et al., Interior Structure and Seasonal Mass Redistribution of Mars from Radio Tracking of Mars Pathfinder, Science, v. 278, no. 5344, p. 1749-1752, 1997.

Viking Lander 2 Landing Site

47.668° N

134.280° E

Reference: Folkner, W.M., et al., Interior Structure and Seasonal Mass Redistribution of Mars from Radio Tracking of Mars Pathfinder, Science, v. 278, no. 5344, p. 1749-1752, 1997.

MSL Gale Landing Site

4.59° S

137.44° E

Reference: Seelos, K. D., et al., Mineralogy of the MSL Curiosity landing site in Gale crater as observed by MRO/CRISM, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060310, 2014.

MSL Candidate Landing Sites

The MSL coordinates pre-landing can be found at paper "Golombek, et al., 2011, Final Four Landing Sites for the Mars Science Laboratory, 42nd LPSC, 2011, Abstract #1520" (https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1520.pdf).

Eberswalde Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site

23.8953° S

326.7426° E

Gale Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site (Selected Landing Site)

4.4868° S

137.4239° E

Holden Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site

26.4007° S

325.1615° E

Mawrth Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site

23.9883° N

341.0399° E

Some MSL coordinates used before could be found at the paper "Golombek et al., 2009, Selection of Four Landing Sites for the Mars Science Laboratory, LPSC XL, 2009, Abstract #1404." (https://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/msl2009/memoranda/MSL_Site_Selection_March2009.pdf).

Eberswalde Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site

23.86° S

326.73° E

Gale Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site (Selected Landing Site)

4.49° S

137.42° E

Holden Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site

26.37° S

325.10° E

Mawrth Candidate MSL Candidate Landing Site

24.01° N

341.03° E