Surface Image-based High-precision Near Real-time Landing Site Mapping and Long-range Rover Localization for the MER 2003 Mission GIS & Mapping Laboratory, The Ohio State University Sponsored by:   NASA/JPL Project Period:   June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2006

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Rover and Sensors:  Rover Configuration Deployed	Landing Sites
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View Landing Sites for the Mars Exploration Rovers - Mars 2004 Mission
 

	Launch	Landing
Rover A	June 10, 2003	Spirit lands January 3, 2004 about 8:35 pm PST
Rover B	July 7, 2003	Opportunity lands January 24, 2004 about 9:05 pm PST

MER 2003 Mission Updates  

OSU Project Team

Principal Investigator: Dr. Ron Li , Participating Scientist of MER 2003 Mission
Co-Investigator: Dr. Kaichang Di , The Ohio State University
Collaborator: Dr. Larry H. Matthies , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Graduate Research Assistants: Fengliang Xu , Jue Wang , and Charles Serafy , The Ohio State University

       
OSU Project Overview

       
OSU Project Results
       
      MER Pre-landing Results
       2002 FIDO Data Precessing Results
       1997 Mars Pathfinder Data Processing Results

       
Publications

Related Sites

• Athena Science Package
• MOC WA and NA image Gallary at MSSS
• MOLA data at GSFC
• MOLA data at WUSTL
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
• JPL science team website
• JPL SPICE
• JPL Machine Vision Group
• NASA JPL Mars Exploration Program
• Mars Express mission
• Mars Odyssey mission
• NASA JPL 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
• MER 2003 Mission Overview
• Interactive map of MER sites and Mars global map
• OSU/JPL Rover Localization Project (1998-2002)
• Planetary Data System (PDS)
• USGS ISIS

For Further Information Contact Dr. Ron Li (li.282@osu.edu) at the GIS & Mapping Laboratory, The Ohio State University
Updated on 13/11/200404/15/2008