Habitability on planetary surfaces: interdisciplinary preparation phase for future Mars missions

What makes a planet habitable?

(2009) H. Lammer et al.   ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS REVIEW

Exploration of Victoria Crater by the Mars Rover Opportunity

(2009) S. W. Squyres et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular evidence for life in the 3.5 billion year old Warrawoona chert

(2008) Sylvie Derenne et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Simulating Martian regolith in the laboratory

(2008) Karsten Seiferlin et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Phyllosilicate Diversity and Past Aqueous Activity Revealed at Mawrth Vallis, Mars

(2008) J. L. Bishop et al.   SCIENCE

Chloride-Bearing Materials in the Southern Highlands of Mars

(2008) M. M. Osterloo et al.   SCIENCE

Detection of Silica-Rich Deposits on Mars

(2008) S. W. Squyres et al.   SCIENCE