Four Candidate Landing Sites

This image shows a globe of Mars with the locations of the four proposed landing sites noted in white font and the locations of prior landed missions in yellow font.  Prior landed missions include:  Viking 1 and 2, Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity, and Phoenix.  Proposed MSL landing sites include:  Mawrth Vallis, Gale Crater, Holden Crater, and Eberswalde Crater.
February 14, 2009
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
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This image shows a globe of Mars with the locations of the four proposed landing sites noted in white font and the locations of prior landed missions in yellow font. Prior landed missions include: Viking 1 and 2, Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity, and Phoenix. Proposed MSL landing sites include: Mawrth Vallis, Gale Crater, Holden Crater, and Eberswalde Crater.