PIA24951: Gale Crater


Gale Crater

Caption:

Context image for PIA24951
Context image

Today's VIS image shows the large layered deposit on the floor of Gale. The Curiosity Rover is located in Gale Crater. Gale crater is 150km (90 miles) in diameter.

Orbit Number: 86309 Latitude: -4.67469 Longitude: 137.724 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-05-29 23:44

Background Info:

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission 2001 Mars Odyssey Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Instrument Host Mars Odyssey Curiosity Rover
Host Type Orbiter Rover
Instrument Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)
Detector
Extra Keywords Crater, Grayscale, Thermal
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2021-11-01
Date in Caption 2021-05-29
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24951
Identifier PIA24951