NASA Mars mission delayed to 2011

Mars Geophysical Lander Mission : a Mission Concept from the 2003 Nasa

Introduction: 2013 marks the 25 anniversary of the NASA Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS) [1], which is held every summer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to provide postdocs and Ph.D. students with an intensive interdisciplinary experience in planetary robotic mission design under the tutelage of JPL's Advanced Projects Design Team ("Team X") [2]. This abstract summarizes the work of...

ESA's Mars Express Mission – Europe on Its Way to Mars

Introduction In the broad context of planetary science, Mars represents an important transition between the outer volatile-rich, more oxidised regions of the accretion zone of the terrestrial bodies (asteroid belt) and the inner, more refractory and less oxidised regions from which Earth, Venus and Mercury accreted. Its size, the degree of internal activity, the age of its surface features, and...

Fido Rover Field Trials as Rehearsal for the Nasa 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers Mission

This paper describes recent extended field trials performed using the FlDO (Field Integrated Design & Operations) rover, an advanced NASA technology development platfonn and research prototype for the next planned rover mission to Mars. Realistic physical simulation of the NASA 2003 Mars Exploration Rovers mission was achieved through collaborative efforts of roboticists, planetary scientists, ...

The first viking mission to Mars.

Chips: a Nasa University Explorer Astronomy Mission

On January 12th, 2003, the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer Spacecraft (CHIPSat) launched successfully from Vandenberg Air Force Base as a secondary payload on a Delta II booster. CHIPSat completed commissioning in February 2003, and is now a fully operational observatory. The main science objective is to measure extreme ultraviolet emissions from the interstellar medium. Data on the...