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One of the strengths of HiRISE is the ability to help other missions select potential landing sites. We helped the Phoenix lander in 2008, the Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) in 2012, the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli landing module, and the InSight lander (2018). With our powerful resolution, HiRISE has become an indispensable tool to view the Martian terrain, along with producing other images like anaglyphs and digital terrain models.
This image shows another potential landing site for the 2020 ExoMars rover, called the Rosalind Franklin, in the Oxia Palus region. Like other missions, there needs to be a balance between a relatively flat and safe terrain that meets the science goals. A variety of clay minerals have been found in Oxia Palus.
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
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