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The Mars Exploration Program

Space technology and applications international forum (STAIF - 97), 1997
The Mars Exploration Program was initiated in 1994. It currently consists of a Discovery mission (Mars Pathfinder which will land in 1997) and the Mars Surveyor Program. The objectives of the Mars Surveyor Program are to launch 2 robotic missions every 26 months to address the three themes of Life, Climate, and Resources, with the focus of initial ...
Donna L. Shirley, Norm R. Haynes
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Advanced electronics developed for NASA's Mars Exploration Program

2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2005
Six electronic technologies under development for the Mars Technology Program are discussed. The scope of this set ranges from electronic packaging to microprocessors to power supply to communication technologies. An overview (motivation, objective, approach) of these six projects is presented, along with a comparison to the state-of-art.
G.A. Marcus, S.X. Ling, M.E. Fraeman, C.E. Schlemm, R.E. Wallis, P.H. Ostdiek, J.E. Penn, Robert E. Gold   +7 more
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Italian participation in the Mars exploration program

Advances in Space Research, 2001
Recently agreements have been signed between the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and ESA and NASA for the exploration of Mars. These agreements initiate the participation of the Italian scientific community as well as the Italian industrial community in the international program to explore Mars.
A. Coradini, Jim Campbell, M. C. De Sanctis, Simonetta Di Pippo, S. Espinasse, Enrico Flamini, R. Mugnuolo, R. Orosei, G. Piccioni   +8 more
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Following the water, the new program for Mars exploration

Acta Astronautica, 2002
In the wake of the loss of Mars Climate Orbiter and Mars Polar Lander in late 1999, NASA embarked on a major review of the failures and subsequently restructured all aspects of what was then called the Mars Surveyor Program--now renamed the Mars Exploration Program.
Firouz M. Naderi, G. Scott Hubbard, James B. Garvin   +2 more
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Mechanisms for Lowering Tethered Payloads: Lessons Learned from the Mars Exploration Program

2008 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2008
Compact, lightweight, highly reliable lowering devices capable of paying out tether to lower a payload some number of meters with exacting performance, from a balloon or a parachute or part of a spacecraft, typically appear in systems so unique that there is little historical precedent to build upon when preparing designs.
M.J. Gradziel, K.J. Holgerson
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Scientific Objectives of China-Russia Joint Mars Exploration Program YH-1

Chinese Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010
Abstract Compared with other planets, Mars is a planet most similar with the earth and most possible to find the extraterrestrial life on it, and therefore especially concerned about by human beings. In recent years, some countries have launched Mars probes and announced their manned Mars exploration programs.
Chengli Huang, Zhu Guangwu, Lei Li, Ji Wu, Hua Zhao, Yue-Qiang Sun, Chi Wang, Wei Guo   +7 more
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Mars Exploration Rover Parachute Decelerator System Program Overview [PDF]

17th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference and Seminar, 2003
In the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission, NASA returns to the red planet, following the extremely successful Mars Pathfinder in 1997. The mission will send two lander-rovers to the surface of Mars with separate launches in May and June, 2003. This paper describes the Parachute Decelerator System for the entry vehicle.
Robin Bruno, Allen Witkowski
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Athena - A possible first step in a program of human Mars exploration

32nd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, 1996
This paper discusses the "Athena" mission, a concept for an initial piloted mission to Mars that could be launched at low cost in the very near future. Athena is a double flyby, which uses two Mars gravity assist maneuvers to allow a round trip Mars mission to be performed with a single minimum energy trans-Mars injection burn.
Robert Zubrin
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China's first-phase Mars Exploration Program: Yinghuo-1 orbiter

Planetary and Space Science, 2013
Abstract China's first Mars orbiter Yinghuo-1 associated with Russia's unmanned sample return spacecraft Phobos-Grunt will be jointly launched in October 2011. Yinghuo-1 orbiter will principally aim to detect Martian space magnetosphere, ionosphere, plasma distribution, ions escape mechanism, surface topography and sandstorms, and gravity field near ...
Min Zhong, Mei-Juan Yun, Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng, Houtse Hsu   +4 more
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Mars Exploration Rover Thermal Test Program Overview

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2004
In January 2004, two Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) landed on the surface of Mars to begin their mission as robotic geologists. A year prior to these historic landings, both rovers and the spacecraft that delivered them to Mars, were completing a series of environmental tests in facilities at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This paper describes the test
Michael Pauken, Gary M. Kinsella, Keith Novak, Glenn T. Tsuyuki, C. Phillips   +4 more
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