What Have We Learned About the Interior and Surface of Mars from Martian Meteorites

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Udry A., Howarth G. H., Herd C. D. K., Day J. M. D., Lapen T. K. et al.

52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1046

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“Martian meteorites are the only samples that we possess from Mars and are necessary to better constrain the geology of Mars. The Mars 2020 mission will return samples in 2031 allowing Earth-based laboratory analyses on samples with field context.”

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