2020 Landing Site for Mars Rover Mission

This NASA workshop will include oral presentations and discussion related to the science potential of the remaining candidate landing sites: Columbia Hills, Jezero Crater, and NE Syrtis, including an additional landing ellipse within the NE Syrtis region dubbed “Midway.” Midway is located closer to Jezero crater than the original NE Syrtis ellipse and is being proposed as a site by the Mars 2020 Science Team that might enable achieving the science objectives of the mission by accessing Regions of Interest (ROIs) relevant to both Jezero crater and NE Syrtis.

SETI Institute scientist J.R. Skok will be presenting about the Northeast Syrtis landing site.

All members of the scientific community are encouraged to participate in the Mars 2020 site selection process, as input from the science community is critical to identification of optimal landing sites for the mission.

For more information visit https://marsnext.jpl.nasa.gov/workshops/wkshp_2018_10.cfm