Publications on Landing-site Characterization and Selection
Please add publications under the relevant categories in alphabetical order of first author.
Mars
Future:
M. Castillo and P. D. Martin. Mars entry, descent and landing risk modelling for landing site selection assessment. LPSC XXXIX (2008) #1605. - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2008/pdf/1605.pdf
D. Curkendall, T. Hare, R. Anderson, E. Dobinson and L. Plesea, Mars GIS landing site suitability models. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII (2006) 2110. http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2006/pdf/2110.pdf
James M. Dohm, Justin C. Ferris, Nadine G. Barlow, Victor R. Baker, William. C. Mahaney, Robert C. Anderson, Trent M. Hare. The northwestern slope valleys (NSVs) region, Mars: a prime candidate site for the future exploration of Mars. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 52, Issues 1-3, January-March 2004, Pages 189-198
Matthew P. Golombek, Harry Y. McSween Jr. Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, in Encyclopedia of the Solar System (Second Edition), 2007, Pages 331-348
John A. Grant, Matthew P. Golombek, John P. Grotzinger, Sharon A. Wilson, Michael M. Watkins, Ashwin R. Vasavada, Jennifer L. Griffes, Timothy J. Parker The science process for selecting the landing site for the 2011 Mars Science Laboratory. Planetary and Space Science, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 June 2010
John A. Grant, Matthew P. Golombek, Timothy J. Parker, Joy A. Crisp, Steven W. Squyres, Catherine M. Weitz. Selecting landing sites for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers Original Planetary and Space Science, Volume 52, Issues 1-3, January-March 2004, Pages 11-21
Gian Paolo Guizzo, Andrea Bertoli, Alberto Della Torre, Giorgio Magistrati, Filippo Mailland, Igor Vukman, Christian Philippe, Maria Manzano Jurado, Gian Gabriele Ori, Malcolm Macdonald, Oliver Romberg, Stefano Debei, Mirco Zaccariotto. Mars and Moon exploration passing through the European Precision Landing GNC Test Facility. Acta Astronautica, Volume 63, Issues 1-4, July-August 2008, Pages 74-90
Alberto G. Fairén, James M. Dohm, Esther R. Uceda, Alexis P. Rodríguez, Victor R. Baker, David Fernández-Remolar, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Ricardo Amils. Prime candidate sites for astrobiological exploration through the hydrogeological history of Mars. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 53, Issue 13, November 2005, Pages 1355-1375
H. L. Justh and C. G. Justus, Evaluating Mars Science Laboratory landing sites with the mars global reference atmospheric model (mars-gram 2005). Mars Atmosphere: Modeling and Observations (2008) 9096 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/modeling2008/pdf/9096.pdf
L. E. Kirkland, K. C. Herr, P. M. Adams, E. R. Keim, J. W. Salisbury, and J. A. Hackwell, Landing site selection using infrared data sets of Mars. LPI paper - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/science/kirkland/Papers/lpsc01_abs1903.pdf
Ashley M. Korzun, Gregory F. Dubos, Curtis K. Iwata, Benjamin A. Stahl, John J. Quicksall. A concept for the entry, descent, and landing of high-mass payloads at Mars. Acta Astronautica, Volume 66, Issues 7-8, April-May 2010, Pages 1146-1159
Shuang Li, Pingyuan Cui, Hutao Cui. Vision-aided inertial navigation for pinpoint planetary landing. Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 11, Issue 6, September 2007, Pages 499-506
R. Li, W. Wang, M. Tang, P. Tang, A. Coates, J. P. Muller, A. Griffiths, G. Paar, and J. Oberst. ESA ExoMars Rover Localization and Topographic Mapping: Pre-Launch PanCam Modeling and Error Analysis. 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2010) 1819 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2010/pdf/1819.pdf
A. Limaye, K.L. Tanaka, J.A. Skinner, Jr., and T.M. Hare; Mapping finely layered highland rocks (flhr) for Mars Science Laboratory landing site selection. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII (2007) 2433 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/2433.pdf
Manish Mehta, Nilton O. Renno, John Marshall, M. Rob Grover, Anita Sengupta, Neal A. Rusche, Jasper F. Kok, Raymond E. Arvidson, Wojciech J. Markiewicz, Mark T. Lemmon, Peter H. Smith. Explosive erosion during the Phoenix landing exposes subsurface water on Mars. Icarus, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 October 2010
H. E. Newsom, N. L. Lanza, and A. M. Ollila. Landing site selection for the Mars Science Laboratory and implications for Mars sample return. Ground Truth From Mars Conference (2008) 4041 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lunargeo2010/pdf/3040.pdf
Horton Newsom, Ann Ollila, Nina Lanza, Landing site selection for the Mars Science Laboratory and implications for Mars sample return. msr2008 presentation - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/captem/msr2008/presentations/Newsom.pdf
J. Poncy, D. Lebleu, P. Arfi, A.M. Schipper. Entry descent and landing systems for future missions. Acta Astronautica, Volume 67, Issues 1-2, July-August 2010, Pages 173-179
A. Deanne Rogers, Joshua L. Bandfield. Mineralogical characterization of Mars Science Laboratory candidate landing sites from THEMIS and TES data. Icarus, Volume 203, Issue 2, October 2009, Pages 437-453
Anita Sengupta, James Kulleck, John Van Norman, Manish Mehta. Thermal coating erosion in a simulated Martian landing environment. In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2010
F. P. Seelos, K. D. See-los, S. L. Murchie, J. F. Mustard, J. L. Griffes, and the CRISM Team, MRO CRISM observations of the MSL candidate landing sites. Seventh International Conference on Mars 3168 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/7thmars2007/pdf/3168.pdf
R. Stephen Saunders, Geoffry Briggs, Michael Carr, David Crown, Michael Duke, Christopher McKay, George McGill, David Paige, Steven Squyres and James Zimbleman. Mars landing site selection for sample return. Lunar and Planetary Science XXIX 1163. - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC98/pdf/1163.pdf
R.E. Summons, J.P. Amend, R. Buick, G.D. Cody, G. Dromart, J.L. Eigenbrode and A.H. Knoll, Identification of biosignature preservation windows to guide MSL landing site selection. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010 (2010) 5256. - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/abscicon2010/pdf/5256.pdf
Past:
A. F. C. Haldemann, R. F. Jurgens, M. A. Slade, T. W. Thompson, and F. Rojas, Mars delay-doppler radar observations with GSSR: global analysis for landing site selection and characterization. Lunar and Planetary Science XXX 1517. - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LPSC99/pdf/1517.pdf
M. Golombek, J. Grant, T. Parker, D. Kass, J. Crisp, S. Squyres, M. Adler, A. Haldemann, M. Carr, R. Arvidson, C. Weitz and R. Zurek, Mars exploration rover landing site selection. Sixth International Conference on Mars (2003) 3222 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/sixthmars2003/pdf/3222.pdf
John A. Grant, Matthew P. Golombek, Timothy J. Parker, Joy A. Crisp, Steven W. Squyres, Catherine M. Weitz. Selecting landing sites for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 52, Issues 1-3, January-March 2004, Pages 11-21
Websites, workshops:
Mars Exploration Program Landing Sites - http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/landingsites/index.html
Mars sample return - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/captem/msr2008/
First Landing Site Workshop for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/mer2003/
Mars Pathfinder landing site workshop II: - http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960029045_1996032047.pdf
Moon
J.L. Heldmann, J.M. Moore, P.C. Lee, B. Girten, and C.P. McKay, Return to the Moon: site selection process and considerations for NASA’s lunar exploration program. Whitepaper NAC_LunarSiteSelection http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/LEA/whitepapers/HeldmannNAC_LunarSiteSelection.pdf
Walter S. Kiefer, Lon Hood, Catherine Johnson, Clive Neal, and Mark Wieczorek. Landing Site Selection for the Initial International Lunar Network Nodes: A Strategy for Maximizing Early Science Return Ground-based Geophysics on the Moon (2010) 3040 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lunargeo2010/pdf/3040.pdf
Alexander I. Kozynchenko. Enhancing the manoeuvring capabilities of a lunar landing module using predictive guidance algorithms. Acta Astronautica, Volume 67, Issues 3-4, August-September 2010, Pages 406-416
Jeff Plescia Lunar Outpost Site Selection. leag2007 presentation - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/leag2007/presentations/20071005.plescia.pdf
Dayi Wang, Xiangyu Huang, Yifeng Guan. GNC system scheme for lunar soft landing spacecraft. Advances in Space Research, Volume 42, Issue 2, 18 July 2008, Pages 379-385.
P. Weiss, K.L. Yung. Feasibility study of a lunar landing area navigation network deployed by impacting micro-probes. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 58, Issue 6, May 2010, Pages 893-903
Websites, workshops:
Site Selection Strategy for a Lunar Outpost (workshop) - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_resources/siteselection.pdf
Past landing sites:
Criteria for lunar site selection (pre-Apollo) - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/documents/criteria_ls_selection.pdf
P. H. Smith, L. K. Tamppari, R. E. Arvidson, W. V. Boynton. Phoenix landing site selection update. Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII (2007) 1176 - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2007/pdf/1176.pdf
James L. Lewis and Charles D. Wheelwright. Lunar landing and site selection study (pre-Apollo) - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/documents/nasa_tn_d2999_1965.pdf
Apollo 11 Landing Site Overview - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/landing_site/
Apollo 16 Mission Landing Site Overview - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_16/landing_site/
Apollo 17 Landing Site Overview - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_17/landing_site/