The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

S. W. Squyres; R. E. Arvidson; J. F. Bell; J. Brückner; N. A. Cabrol; W. Calvin; M. H. Carr; P. R. Christensen; B. C. Clark; L. Crumpler; D. J. Des Marais; C. d'Uston; T. Economou; J. Farmer; W. Farrand; W. Folkner; M. Golombek; S. Gorevan; J. A. Grant; R. Greeley; J. Grotzinger; L. Haskin; K. E. Herkenhoff; S. Hviid; J. Johnson; G. Klingelhöfer; A. Knoll; G. Landis; M. Lemmon; R. Li; M. B. Madsen; M. C. Malin; S. M. McLennan; H. Y. McSween; D. W. Ming; J. Moersch; R. V. Morris; T. Parker; J. W. Rice; L. Richter; R. Rieder; M. Sims; M. Smith; P. Smith; L. A. Soderblom; R. Sullivan; H. Wänke; T. Wdowiak; M. Wolff; A. Yen

doi:10.1126/science.3050794

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The Spirit Rover's Athena Science Investigation at Gusev Crater, Mars

S. W. Squyres1,*,
R. E. Arvidson2,
J. F. Bell III1,
J. Brückner3,
N. A. Cabrol4,
W. Calvin5,
M. H. Carr6,
P. R. Christensen7,
B. C. Clark8,
L. Crumpler9,
D. J. Des Marais10,
C. d'Uston11,
T. Economou12,
J. Farmer7,
W. Farrand13,
W. Folkner14,
M. Golombek14,
S. Gorevan15,
J. A. Grant16,
R. Greeley7,
J. Grotzinger17,
L. Haskin2,
K. E. Herkenhoff18,
S. Hviid19,
J. Johnson18,
G. Klingelhöfer20,
A. Knoll21,
G. Landis22,
M. Lemmon23,
R. Li24,
M. B. Madsen25,
M. C. Malin26,
S. M. McLennan27,
H. Y. McSween28,
D. W. Ming29,
J. Moersch28,
R. V. Morris29,
T. Parker14,
J. W. Rice Jr.7,
L. Richter30,
R. Rieder3,
M. Sims10,
M. Smith31,
P. Smith32,
L. A. Soderblom18,
R. Sullivan1,
H. Wänke3,
T. Wdowiak33,
M. Wolff34,
A. Yen14

¹ Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
² Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
³ Abteilung Kosmochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.
⁴ NASA Ames/SETI Institute, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
⁵ Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.
⁶ U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
⁷ Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
⁸ Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, CO 80127, USA.
⁹ New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USA.
¹⁰ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.
¹¹ Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.
¹² Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
¹³ Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.
¹⁴ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.
¹⁵ Honeybee Robotics, New York, NY 10012, USA.
¹⁶ Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
¹⁸ U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.
¹⁹ Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.
²⁰ Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 9, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
²¹ Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
²² NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA.
²³ Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
²⁴ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
²⁵ Niels Bohr Institute, Ørsted Laboratory, DK-2100 Copenhagen 0, Denmark.
²⁶ Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92191, USA.
²⁷ Department of Geosciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
²⁸ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
²⁹ NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.
³⁰ Institut für Raumsimulation, Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Dj-51170 Köln, Germany.
³¹ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.
³² Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
³³ Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
³⁴ Space Science Institute, Martinez, GA 30907, USA.

↵* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: squyres{at}astro.cornell.edu

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Science 06 Aug 2004:
Vol. 305, Issue 5685, pp. 794-799
DOI: 10.1126/science.3050794

S. W. Squyres

1 Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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R. E. Arvidson

2 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

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J. F. Bell III

1 Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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J. Brückner

3 Abteilung Kosmochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.

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N. A. Cabrol

4 NASA Ames/SETI Institute, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

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W. Calvin

5 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA.

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M. H. Carr

6 U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.

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P. R. Christensen

7 Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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B. C. Clark

8 Lockheed Martin Corporation, Littleton, CO 80127, USA.

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L. Crumpler

9 New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM 87104, USA.

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D. J. Des Marais

10 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

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C. d'Uston

11 Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4, France.

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T. Economou

12 Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

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J. Farmer

7 Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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W. Farrand

13 Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO 80301, USA.

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W. Folkner

14 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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M. Golombek

14 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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S. Gorevan

15 Honeybee Robotics, New York, NY 10012, USA.

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J. A. Grant

16 Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA.

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R. Greeley

7 Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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J. Grotzinger

17 Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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L. Haskin

2 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

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K. E. Herkenhoff

18 U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

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S. Hviid

19 Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany.

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J. Johnson

18 U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

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G. Klingelhöfer

20 Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 9, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.

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A. Knoll

21 Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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G. Landis

22 NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH 44135, USA.

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M. Lemmon

23 Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

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R. Li

24 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.

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M. B. Madsen

25 Niels Bohr Institute, Ørsted Laboratory, DK-2100 Copenhagen 0, Denmark.

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M. C. Malin

26 Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA 92191, USA.

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S. M. McLennan

27 Department of Geosciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

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H. Y. McSween

28 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

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D. W. Ming

29 NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

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J. Moersch

28 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

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R. V. Morris

29 NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

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T. Parker

14 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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J. W. Rice Jr.

7 Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.

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L. Richter

30 Institut für Raumsimulation, Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Dj-51170 Köln, Germany.

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R. Rieder

3 Abteilung Kosmochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.

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M. Sims

10 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

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M. Smith

31 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.

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P. Smith

32 Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.

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L. A. Soderblom

18 U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

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R. Sullivan

1 Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

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H. Wänke

3 Abteilung Kosmochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, Postfach 3060, D-55128 Mainz, Germany.

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T. Wdowiak

33 Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.

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M. Wolff

34 Space Science Institute, Martinez, GA 30907, USA.

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A. Yen

14 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

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The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit and its Athena science payload have been used to investigate a landing site in Gusev crater. Gusev is hypothesized to be the site of a former lake, but no clear evidence for lacustrine sedimentation has been found to date. Instead, the dominant lithology is basalt, and the dominant geologic processes are impact events and eolian transport. Many rocks exhibit coatings and other characteristics that may be evidence for minor aqueous alteration. Any lacustrine sediments that may exist at this location within Gusev apparently have been buried by lavas that have undergone subsequent impact disruption.

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