Mars surface context cameras past, present, and future

Matthew Gunn and Claire Cousins are Co-Investigators on the European Space Agency ExoMars Panoramic Camera instrument (PI Andrew Coates; MSSL/University College London, London, United Kingdom). C Cousins is funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh on a Personal Research Fellowship. Matthew Gunn acknowledges UK Space Agency grants ST/L001454/1, ST/N003349/1 and ST/N006410/1.

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