Mars rovers landing sites

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3D Models of Mars Rover Landing SitesCheck the files sectionSpirit [MER-A] : On January 4, 2004, Spirit, also known as Mars Exploration Rover – A, landed in Gusev crater. One of two robotic rovers in NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover program, Spirit was designed to explore the geology of Mars, look for evidence for the presence of liquid water on Mars’ surface in the past, look for geological clues to the environmental conditions that existed when liquid water was present, and assess whether those environments were conducive to life. Spirit’s landing site was named Columbia Memorial Station in honor of the seven astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.Opportunity [MER-B] :On January 25, 2004, Opportunity, also known as Mars Exploration Rover – B, landed in Meridiani Planum. One of two robotic rovers in NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover program, Opportunity was designed to explore the geology of Mars, look for evidence for the presence of liquid water on Mars’ surface in the past, look for geological clues to the environmental conditions that existed when liquid water was present, and assess whether those environments were conducive to life.Curiosity [MSL] :Curiosity landed in Gale Crater on Mars on August 6th, 2012. With a diameter of 154 km and a central peak 5.5 km tall, Gale Crater was chosen as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. The choice was based on evidence from orbiting spacecraft that indicate that the crater may have once contained large amounts of liquid water. The central peak, Mount Sharp, exhibits layered rock deposits rich in sedimentary minerals including clays, sulfates, and salts that require water to form.extra :Valles MarinerisThough small (only about half the diameter of the Earth), Mars is a world rich in spectacular landforms on a very grand scale. They include the most titanic volcanoes (all most likely now extinct) that we have yet seen anywhere in the solar system. Gigantic rift valleys fracture the surface over vast distances. Huge outflow channels tell the stories of cataclysmic floods in Mars' distant past, when water flowed across its surface. Studying these landforms reveals how Mars' environment has gone through tremendous changes over time, lets us look back to a time when Mars might have been more hospitable to life, and understand how life might possibly have survived there to the present.I do not own these files and just wanted to share them with the community, original files found at https://mars.nasa.gov/maps/explore-mars-map/