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Strategies for Mars Exploration Follow the Water Seek Signs of Life Explore Habitability

Strategies for Mars Exploration Follow the Water Seek Signs of Life Explore Habitability Prepare for Human Exploration. Follow the Water Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mariner 9 Orbiter, 1971.

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Strategies for Mars Exploration Follow the Water Seek Signs of Life Explore Habitability

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  1. Strategies for Mars Exploration Follow the Water Seek Signs of Life Explore Habitability Prepare for Human Exploration

  2. Follow the Water Search for Evidenceof Past and Present Water on Mars

  3. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mariner 9 Orbiter, 1971 Nirgal Vallis, Mariner 9 Warrego Valles, Mariner 9

  4. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Viking Orbiter, 1976 Maja Valles, Viking Orbiter Dendritic (treelike) drainage patterns , Viking Orbiter

  5. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Global Surveyor, 1999 Sinus Meridiani, MGS/TES North Polar Cap, MGS/MOC

  6. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Global Surveyor, 2000 Tharsis Volcanoes , MGS

  7. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Odyssey, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS)

  8. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, 2004 Endurance Crater, MER Opportunity

  9. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Express, 2005 Perspective view of crater with water ice Unnamed crater, Vastitas Borealis, Mars Express

  10. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, 2004 False-color image MER Opportunity “Blueberries”

  11. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 2007 Gully Channels, Southern Highlands, MRO Mancos Shale badlands, Capitol Reef, Utah

  12. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Phoenix Mars Lander, 2008 “Dodo-Goldilocks” trench “Baby Bear” trench

  13. Follow the Water: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Water on Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, HiRISE, 2011 Newton Crater, MRO/HiRISE

  14. Seek Signs of Life Search for Evidenceof Past and PresentLife on Mars

  15. Seek Signs of Life: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Life on Mars Mars Meteorite, 1984 Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001)Martian meteorite found in Allan Hills, Antarctica The electron microscope revealed chain structures in meteorite fragment ALH84001

  16. Seek Signs of Life: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Life on Mars Mars Express, 2004 Methane in Martian atmosphere, Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS), Mars Express

  17. Seek Signs of Life: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Life on Mars Mars Science Laboratory, Curiosity, 2012 Similarities between ancient sedimentary rocks on Mars and structures shaped by microbes on Earth

  18. Seek Signs of Life: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Life on Mars Mars Science Laboratory-Curiosity, 2013 "Sheepbed" mudstone, Yellowknife Bay, MSL Curiosity

  19. Seek Signs of Life: Search for Evidence of Past and Present Life on Mars Mars Science Laboratory-Curiosity, 2014 Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) , SAM, MSL Curiosity

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