Landing sites on Mars

On 19 October 2016, the ExoMars 2016 entry, descent, and landing demonstrator module, known as Schiaparelli, will land on Mars in a region known as Meridiani Planum.

The landing sites of the seven rovers and landers that have reached the surface of Mars are indicated on this map.

The background image is a shaded relief map of Mars, based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) instrument, on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. (The original image MOLA map is available here.)