Ice on Mars Diana Laufer Givatayim Observatory

1. Dr. Diana Laufer
Scientific Director
Givatayim Observatory

2. astronomy.org.il
https://www.facebook.com/GivatayimObservatory
Givatayim Observatory

3. Touchdown! NASA's Mars 2020 Safely Lands on Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

4. https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
/participate/photo-booth/

5. Journey to Mars
Cosmic Radiation
Thin Atmosphere
Energy Resources
Meteorites
Low Temperatures
Avg -60⁰C
The distance
Landing site
Communications
Delay
Launch window
Limited resources
NASA JPL
Landing process
On Mars
Atmospheric
Composition
Geology and Water

6. Lab Experimental Water Ice with CO2 vs Polar Ice deposits
Experimental studies of ice grain ejection by massive gas flow from ice and implications to
Comets, Triton and Mars; D. Laufer et al. Icarus 222, 2013
NASA JPL

7. The Happy Face Crater on Mars
MRO-NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

8. Perseverance’s Science Objectives
Astrobiology: Finding signs of water and past life
Geology: Study the rocks and landscape at the landing site
Future Astronauts: Test technologies - O2 production
Sample Collecting: Mars samples for future analysis on Earth

9. Mars Meteorite – a gift from astronaut Don Thomas

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