Columbia Hills on Mars

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Columbia Hills on Mars is a range of hills within Gusev Crater explored by NASA’s Spirit rover, named in honor of the Space Shuttle Columbia and its crew.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Martian surface feature
geological formation
hill range
containsMineral goethite
hematite
sulfates
containsRockType altered volcanic rocks
basaltic rocks
sulfate-rich rocks
coordinateSystem areocentric coordinates
discoveredBy Spirit rover
elevationRelativeToGusevFloor several tens of meters higher
evidenceFor aqueous alteration
past water activity on Mars
exploredBy Mars Exploration Rover Spirit
linked to: Spirit rover

Spirit rover
geologicalAge Noachian
hasHighestPoint Husband Hill
hasSubfeature Clovis outcrop
Cumberland Ridge
East Spur
El Dorado dune field
Home Plate
Husband Hill
Larry’s Lookout
Larry’s Lookout outcrop
McCool Hill
Methuselah outcrop
Tennessee Valley
West Spur
honors Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 crew
imagedByOrbiter Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
locatedIn Gusev Crater
linked to: Gusev crater
locatedOnPlanet Mars
namedAfter STS-107 crew
Space Shuttle Columbia
namedBy NASA
partOfMission Mars Exploration Rover program
regionOfMars Aeolis quadrangle
scientificSignificance key site for early Martian habitability studies
studiedByInstrument APXS
Microscopic Imager
Mini-TES
Mössbauer spectrometer
Pancam
surfaceProcessEvidence hydrothermal alteration
volcanism
visitedByRoverSolRange Spirit sols ~150–800

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Columbia memorializedBy Columbia Hills on Mars
Husband Hill locatedIn Columbia Hills
subject linked to: Husband Hill on Mars
linked to: Columbia Hills on Mars
Gusev crater hasCentralFeature Columbia Hills
linked to: Columbia Hills on Mars
Gusev crater contains Columbia Hills silica-rich deposits
linked to: Columbia Hills on Mars
Gusev crater SpiritOperationalArea Columbia Hills
linked to: Columbia Hills on Mars