Mars Global Surveyor Mars Orbiter Camera images of
Candidate 2009 Mars Science Laboratory Landing Sites/Regions



Data Acquired October 2006 (S23)

Note: As of 9 November 2006, the MOC team had not yet received specific instructions for all of the 33 candidate MSL landing sites.
Thus, only data covering sites 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 25, 29, 30, 32, and 33, are available at this time.

These are Non-Validated (pre-Archival) Data


Images and ancillary data presented on this page have not yet been validated or archived, and should be considered previews. Within 6 to 12 months of acquisition, all data are validated and archived in final form with the NASA Planetary Data System (PDS) and posted in the MOC Gallery. Typically, the labor-intensive data validation process may result in improvements and corrections to the image headers and the table (.tab) of ancillary information. For MOC images that have data drops in them, the validation process may also result in improved recovery of the dropped data. Until the images are validated and archived, the data posted on this page are the best available.

Each column header in the table below has a brief explanation (click on the header) of the item listed in that column. De-striped images have not been re-oriented with north up and east to the right.

De-striped Narrow Angle
De-striped Context
Narrow Angle (.imq)
Context (.imq)
Ancillary Information
Brief Description
Date Posted Here
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S23-00425.imq
S23-00426.imq
S2300425_00426.tab
Nili Fossae MSL candidate site 1 of 33
09 Nov 2006
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S23-00006d.gif
S23-00005.imq
S23-00006.imq
S2300005_00006.tab
Nili Fossae MSL candidate site 1 of 33
09 Nov 2006
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S23-00657d.gif
S23-00656.imq
S23-00657.imq
S2300656_00657.tab
Athabasca MSL candidate site 13 of 33
09 Nov 2006
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S23-00688d.gif
S23-00687.imq
S23-00688.imq
S2300687_00688.tab
East Melas MSL candidate site 20 of 33
09 Nov 2006
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S23-00591d.gif
S23-00590.imq
S23-00591.imq
S2300590_00591.tab
Elysium/Avernus MSL candidate site 30 of 33
09 Nov 2006


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