Map of Gale Crater with Aeolis Mons rising from the middle of the crater. The Curiosity rover landing ellipse is shown on the northwestern crater floor, named Aeolis Palus.[2][3][4]
Aeolis Palus is a plain between the northern wall of Gale crater and the northern foothills of Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp) on Mars. It is located at 4°28′S137°25′E / 4.47°S 137.42°E / -4.47; 137.42.[1]
The NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission landed the Curiosity rover on Aeolis Palus in August 2012. Curiosity spent two (Earth) years exploring the plain as it drove towards Aeolis Mons. The rover left the plain in September 2014 when it reached the mountain's foothills.[5]
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rover encountered rocks of special interest on the surface of AeolisPalus near Aeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp") in Gale Crater. In the autumn of 2012, rocks...
small target landing ellipse of only 7 by 20 km (4.3 by 12.4 mi), in the AeolisPalus region of Gale Crater. In the event, MSL achieved a landing 2.4 km (1...
conditions on Mars. The Curiosity rover landed on Mars on AeolisPalus in Gale Crater, near Aeolis Mons (a.k.a. Mount Sharp), on August 6, 2012. On December...
for short periods at various intervals more recently in Mars' history. AeolisPalus in Gale Crater, explored by the Curiosity rover, is the geological remains...
mission by NASA, was launched November 26, 2011 and landed at the AeolisPalus plain near Aeolis Mons (informally "Mount Sharp") in Gale Crater on August 6,...
location that is now called "Bradbury Landing", on AeolisPalus, between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons ("Mount Sharp"), in Gale Crater on Mars on 6 August...
(August 17, 2012). Base of Aeolis Mons, an area of varied terran that Curiosity is expected to study. Layers at the base of Aeolis Mons - dark rock in inset...
Rocknest 3 is a rock on the surface of AeolisPalus, between Peace Vallis and Aeolis Mons (Mount Sharp), in Gale crater on the planet Mars. The approximate...
(1.5 to 3 weight percent) in soil samples at the Rocknest region of AeolisPalus in Gale Crater. In addition, NASA reported that the Curiosity rover found...
Bradbury, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia Bradbury Landing, AeolisPalus, Mars Bradbury Building, Los Angeles, California Bradbury Science Museum...
(USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Aeolis quadrangle is also referred to as MC-23 (Mars Chart-23). The Aeolis quadrangle covers 180° to 225° W and 0°...
south into a low-lying plain in the northern interior of the crater (AeolisPalus) where the stream valley debouched into a large alluvial fan (Peace Vallis...
fictional "Eagle Base" is located at the foot of Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons), in Quad 51 of AeolisPalus in Gale Crater, near the site of the Curiosity rover landing...
investigate. The landing site is a smooth region in "Yellowknife" Quad 51 of AeolisPalus inside the crater in front of the mountain. The target landing site location...
microbial life) based on evidence from the Curiosity rover studying AeolisPalus near Mount Sharp in Gale Crater. Comets contain large proportions of...
Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle. Delta in Lunae Palus quadrangle, as seen by THEMIS. Delta that fills a crater in Lunae Palus quadrangle, as seen by HiRISE. Jezero...
landed successfully on August 6, 2012, on the plains of AeolisPalus in Gale Crater near Aeolis Mons (formerly Mount Sharp). On Mars, it is helping to...
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