Perseverance and the Mars 2020 Mission: Follow the Science to Jezero Crater

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Frontispiece

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

1 Introduction

2 The Mars 2020 Mission

2.1 Science Goals

2.1.1 Goal 1: Determine whether life ever existed on Mars

2.1.3 Goal 3: Characterize the Geology of Mars

2.1.4 Goal 4: Prepare for Human Exploration

2.2 Science Objectives

2.2.1Geology

2.2.2 Astrobiology

2.2.3 Sample Caching

2.2.4 Prepare for Humans

2.3 Mission Phases

2.3.2 Launch

2.3.3 Cruise

2.3.4 Approach

2.3.5 Entry, Descent and Landing

2.3.6 Instrument Checks and First Drive

2.3.7 Surface Operations

3 Perseverance's Design

3.1 Evolution

3.1.1 Curiosity

3.1.2 Perseverance

3.2 Components

3.2.1 Body

3.2.2 Brains

3.2.4 Wheels and Legs

3.2.5 Arm and Turret

3.2.6 Sample Handling

3.2.7 Communications

3.2.8 Markings

3.3 Perseverance Stages and Elements

3.3.1 Cruise Stage

3.3.2 Descent Stage

3.3.4 Heat Shield

3.3.5 Energy Source

3.4.1 Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer (MEDA)

3.4.2 Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment (MOXIE)

3.4.3 Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)

3.4.4 Radar Imager for Mars' Subsurface Experiment (RIMFAX)

3.4.5 Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics & Chemicals (SHERLOC)

4 Landing Site

4.1 Site Selection Criteria

4.1.1 The Landing Site Selection Committee

4.1.2 Committee Selection Criteria

4.1.3 Mars Sample Return Considerations

4.1.4 Landing Site Workshops

4.1.5 Final Recommendation

4.2 Jezero Crater

4.2.1 Landing Targeting

4.3 Surface Operations

4.3.2 Science Phase

5 Early Science Results (to be expanded during the book development)

5.1 Initial Campaign to the South

5.1.1 Sample Caching System

5.1.2 Sampling Approach

5.1.3 First Sample Attempt at Cratered Floor Fractured Rough

5.1.4 Assessment

5.1.6 Assessment

5.2 Second Campaign to the Delta Region

5.2.2 Other sites

5.3 Subsequent Campaigns

6 Ingenuity

6.1 Objectives

6.2 Technical Specifications

6.2 Flight Log

6.3 Flight Highlights

6.3 Future Helicopters

7 Mars 2020 Science and Engineering Teams

7.1 NASA Headquarters

7.1.1 Associate Administrator

7.1.2 Science Mission Directorate

7.2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory

7.2.1 Science Office

7.2.2 Engineering Office

7.2.3 Flight Systems

7.2.4 Surface Development

7.2.6 Payload

7.2.7 Mission Assurance

7.2.8 Business/Administration

8 Mars Sample Return

8.1 The Overall Plan

8.2 Sample Retriever Lander

8.3 ESA's Sample Fetch Rover

8.5 Earth Return Orbiter

8.6 Earth Entry Vehicle

8.7 Receiving Facility

8.8 Planetary Protection

9 Conclusions

Appendices

1 Mars Exploration Program

2 Planetary Science Decadal Surveys

3 Mission Team and International Partners

4 Timeline

5 Quotes

X (Possibly others)

References

Internet Links and Videos

Glossary and Terminology

About the Author

Index