McKay, Christopher P.

A Habitable Fluvio-Lacustrine Environment at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars

Grotzinger, J. P., Sumner, D. Y., Kah, L. C., Stack, K., Gupta, S., Edgar, L., Rubin, D., Lewis, K., Schieber, J., Mangold, N., et al. (2014) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

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Mars' surface radiation environment measured with the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover

Hassler, D. M., Zeitlin, C., Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F., Ehresmann, B., Rafkin, S., Eigenbrode, J. L., Brinza, D. E., Weigle, G., Böttcher, S., Böhm, E., et al. (2014) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

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H 2 O at the Phoenix Landing Site

Smith, P. H., Tamppari, L. K., Arvidson, R. E., Bass, D., Blaney, D., Boynton, W. V., Carswell, A., Catling, D. C., Clark, B. C., Duck, T., et al. (2009) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 575

The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Barraclough, B., Saccoccio, M., Barkley, W. C., Bell, J. F., Bender, S., Bernardin, J., Blaney, D., Blank, J., et al. (2012) · Space Science Reviews

Planetary Science and ExplorationLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Cited by 554

Biogenic Methane, Hydrogen Escape, and the Irreversible Oxidation of Early Earth

Catling, D. C., Zahnle, K. J., & McKay, C. P. (2001) · Science

Paleontology and Stratigraphy of FossilsOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 507

Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of Martian fines with the Mars Curiosity Rover

Leshin, L. A., Mahaffy, P. R., Webster, C. R., Cabane, M., Coll, P., Conrad, P. G., Archer, P. D., Atreya, S. K., Brunner, A. E., Buch, A., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 458

X-ray diffraction results from Mars science laboratory: mineralogy of rocknest at Gale Crater

Bish, D. L., Blake, D. F., Vaniman, D. T., Chipera, S. J., Morris, R. V., Ming, D. W., Treiman, A. H., Sarrazin, P., Morrison, S. M., Downs, R. T., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 411

Reanalysis of the Viking results suggests perchlorate and organics at midlatitudes on Mars

Navarro‐González, R., Vargas, E., de la Rosa, J., Raga, A. C., & McKay, C. P. (2010) · Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 384

Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater

Williams, R. M. E., Grotzinger, J. P., Dietrich, W. E., Gupta, S., Sumner, D. Y., Wiens, R. C., Mangold, N., Malin, M. C., Edgett, K. S., Maurice, S., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 381

Curiosity at Gale Crater, Mars: Characterization and Analysis of the Rocknest Sand Shadow

Blake, D. F., Morris, R. V., Kocurek, G., Morrison, S. M., Downs, R. T., Bish, D., Ming, D. W., Edgett, K. S., Rubin, D., Goetz, W., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 352

Why O 2 Is Required by Complex Life on Habitable Planets and the Concept of Planetary "Oxygenation Time"

Catling, D. C., Glein, C. R., Zahnle, K. J., & McKay, C. P. (2005) · Astrobiology

Space Science and Extraterrestrial LifeEarth Systems and Cosmic Evolution

Cited by 307

Organic haze on Titan and the early Earth

Trainer, M. G., Pavlov, A. A., DeWitt, H. L., Jimenez, J. L., McKay, C. P., Toon, O. B., & Tolbert, M. A. (2006) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Astro and Planetary ScienceAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Cited by 280

A possible nitrogen crisis for Archaean life due to reduced nitrogen fixation by lightning

Navarro-González, R., McKay, C. P., & Mvondo, D. N. (2001) · Nature

Origins and Evolution of LifePaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 272

Soil Diversity and Hydration as Observed by ChemCam at Gale Crater, Mars

Meslin, P.-Y., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Schröder, S., Cousin, A., Berger, G., Clegg, S. M., Lasue, J., Maurice, S., Sautter, V., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 268

From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement

Harrison, A. A., Clearwater, Y. A., & McKay, C. P. (1991) · Springer eBooks

Spaceflight effects on biologySpace Exploration and Technology

Cited by 209

The Greenhouse and Antigreenhouse Effects on Titan

McKay, C. P., Pollack, J. B., & Courtin, R. (1991) · Science

Astro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and Exploration

Cited by 206

The Possible Origin and Persistence of Life on Enceladus and Detection of Biomarkers in the Plume

McKay, C. P., Porco, C. C., Altheide, T., Davis, W. L., & Kral, T. A. (2008) · Astrobiology

Astro and Planetary ScienceSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Cited by 195

Astrobiology through the Ages of Mars: The Study of Terrestrial Analogues to Understand the Habitability of Mars

Fairén, A. G., Davila, A. F., Lim, D., Bramall, N., Bonaccorsi, R., Zavaleta, J., Uceda, E. R., Stoker, C., Wierzchos, J., Dohm, J. M., et al. (2010) · Astrobiology

Planetary Science and ExplorationSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life

Cited by 177

Perchlorate on Mars: a chemical hazard and a resource for humans

Davila, A. F., Willson, D., Coates, J. D., & McKay, C. P. (2013) · International Journal of Astrobiology

Planetary Science and ExplorationChemical Analysis and Environmental Impact

Cited by 153

Duration of liquid water habitats on early Mars

McKay, C. P., & Davis, W. L. (1991) · Icarus

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 151

A Coupled Soil-Atmosphere Model of H2O2 on Mars

Bullock, M. A., Stoker, C. R., McKay, C. P., & Zent, A. P. (1994) · Icarus

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 123

Low Upper Limit to Methane Abundance on Mars

Webster, C. R., Mahaffy, P. R., Atreya, S. K., Flesch, G. J., Farley, K. A., MSL Science Team, Kemppinen, O., Bridges, N., Johnson, J. R., Minitti, M., et al. (2013) · Science

Planetary Science and ExplorationAstro and Planetary Science

Cited by 118

Hydrogen Consumption by Methanogens on the Early Earth

Kral, T. A., Brink, K. M., Miller, S. L., & McKay, C. P. (1998) · Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere

Origins and Evolution of LifePaleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Cited by 107

Formation of methane in comet impacts: implications for Earth, Mars, and Titan

Kress, M. E., & McKay, C. P. (2004) · Icarus

Astro and Planetary ScienceOrigins and Evolution of Life

Cited by 103