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Map of all Mars landing sites, failed and successful

Filed under pretty pictures, amateur image processing, presentation slides, Mars, NASA Mars missions before 1996, Russian Mars missions, Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner, Phoenix, Mars Exploration Rovers, Opportunity, Spirit

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Map of all Mars landing sites, failed and successful This map represents the best known positions for all Mars landers, successful and failed. Gridlines are spaced 10 degrees apart, with 0 longitude at the map edges and 180 at the center.

NASA / JPL (image); Emily Lakdawalla (map)

The map was assembled by Emily Lakdawalla from the following sources; any errors are hers.

Mars 2: 45 S, 313 W (NSSDC)
Mars 3: 45 S, 158 W (TPS)
Mars 6: 23.90 S, 19.42 W (TPS)
Viking 1: 22.48 N, 49.97 W (NSSDC)
Mars Polar Lander: 76.57S, 165.2 E (read from map provided by HiRISE team)
Pathfinder: 19.33 N, 33.55 W (NSSDC)
Beagle 2: 10.6 N, 270 W (NSSDC)
Spirit: 14.571892 S, 175.47848 (Arvidson et al, JGR, 2006)
Opportunity: 1.9462 S, 354.4734 E (Squyres et al, JGR, 2006)
Phoenix: 68.218830 N, 234.250778 E (via press briefing)

Copyright holder: Emily Lakdawalla

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