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Collecting Samples from the Máaz Formation of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance RoverCollection of samples that could be returned to Earth from the floor of Jezero,a Noachian crater characterized by a delta–lake system with high potential for habitability, is a major goal of the Mars 2020 mission. The Mars 2020 Perseverancerover iscurrently exploringthe Máaz and Séítahformationsto the southeastof the delta. Here wefocus on thecrater-retainingMáaz formation, a widespread, rough and fractured terrain with lobatemarginsmapped in orbital images, e.g.[1]. Outcrop morphology and texture, as well as the appearance, composition and mineralogy of abraded rock surfaces observed by Perseverance suggest that theMáazformation consists of asequence of maficigneous units, likely lavas flows. These rocks have experienced variable interaction with aqueous fluids. Type localities of the lower Roubion and the more resistant Rochette members of the Máazformation have been targeted and their abraded surfaces characterized prior to sample collection. In thispresentation we will summarize these sampling activities and potential future sampling of theheavily crateredupperCh’ałmember that is indicative of the Máazformationfrom orbit.
Document ID
20220002150
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Justin Ibrahim Simon
(Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas, United States)
Hans Erik Foss Amundsen
(University of Oslo Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
Luther W Beegle
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
James Bell
(Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, United States)
Kathleen C. Benison
(West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia, United States)
Eve Lynn Berger
(Texas State University-Jacobs JETS-NASA JSC Houston, Texas, United States)
Tanja Bosak
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Adrian Brown
(Plancius Research Severna Park, Maryland, United States)
Titus Maria Casademont
(University of Oslo Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
Andrew David Czaja
(University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio, United States)
Barbara A Cohen
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland, United States)
Vinciane Chantal Andree Debaille
(Université Libre de Bruxelles Brussels, Belgium)
Alberto G Fairen
(Centro de Astrobiología Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain)
Kenneth A Farley
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
David Timothy Flannery
(Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Allison Claire Fox
(Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Maryland, United States)
Yulia S Goreva
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Kevin P Hand
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Svein-erik Hamran
(University of Oslo Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
Elisabeth Mcintyre Hausrath
(University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
Christopher Donald Herd
(University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Keyron Hickman-lewis
(Natural History Museum Londan, University of Bologna)
Briony Horgan
(Purdue University West Lafayette West Lafayette, Indiana, United States)
Joel A Hurowitz
(Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York, United States)
Jeff Johnson
(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory North Laurel, Maryland, United States)
Carina Lee
(Universities Space Research Association Columbia, Maryland, United States)
Lucia Mandon
(Paris Observatory Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Sylvestre Alain Henri Maurice
(University of Toulouse Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France)
Juan Manuel Madariaga Mota
(University of the Basque Country Leioa, Spain)
Lisa Mayhew
(University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado, United States)
Scott M Mclennan
(Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York, United States)
Pierre-yves Vincent Meslin
(Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie)
Robert C Moeller
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Eva Scheller
(California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, United States)
Sunanda Sharma
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Sandra Siljestroem
(RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden)
Vivian Zheng Sun
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
David L Shuster
(University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, United States)
Kathryn Marie Stack Morgan
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Arya Sigrid Waltraud Udry
(University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
Scott Joseph Victor Vanbommel
(University of Washington)
Meenakshi Wadhwa
(Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, United States)
Benjamin Weiss
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Roger Wiens
(Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States)
Amy Williams
(University of Florida Gainesville, Florida, United States)
Peter A Willis
(Jet Propulsion Lab La Cañada Flintridge, California, United States)
Maria Paz Zorzano
(Centro de Astrobiologia Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
February 8, 2022
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: COSPAR
Location: Athens
Country: GR
Start Date: July 16, 2022
Sponsors: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding Number(s)
WBS: 203959
PROJECT: Mars 2020 Project
Distribution Limits
Public
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