Planetary exploration typically advances in step with technology. Improvements in spatial and spectral resolution yield discoveries that progress from global to regional scales, and exploration on a planet’s surface provides ground truth for remote sensing data and a level of observation and measurement that geologists crave. Samples that can be analyzed in the laboratory provide geochemical and geochronologic information that complements spacecraft data and enhances its interpretation. We illustrate how data at all these scales have been integrated to characterize the complex geology of Mars and to constrain its geologic history.
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