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Appendix: Mission reports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2009

Nadine Barlow
Nadine Barlow
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Northern Arizona University
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Early missions

A summary of the early Mars missions can be found in chapter 1, Spacecraft Exploration of Mars, by Conway Snyder and Vassili Moroz (1992) in Mars, eds. H.H. Kieffer, B.M. Jakosky, C.W. Snyder, and M.S. Matthews. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, pp.71–119.

Viking

Viking mission results were published in four special issues of the Journal of Geophysical Research:

  1. Volume 82, 30 September 1977

  2. Volume 84, 30 December 1979

  3. Volume 87, 30 November 1982

  4. Volume 95, 30 August 1990

Mars Pathfinder

The Mars Pathfinder 90 day report was published in the 5 December 1997 issue of Science (vol. 278).

Results from the Mars Pathfinder mission were published in two issues of the Journal of Geophysical Research:

  1. Volume 104, 25 April 1999

  2. Volume 105, 25 January 2000

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Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface and Atmosphere , pp. 255 - 256
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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References

A summary of the early Mars missions can be found in chapter 1, Spacecraft Exploration of Mars, by Conway Snyder and Vassili Moroz (1992) in Mars, eds. Kieffer, H. H., Jakosky, B. M., Snyder, C. W., and Matthews, M. S.. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, pp. 71–119.Google Scholar
Volume 82, 30 September 1977
Volume 84, 30 December 1979
Volume 87, 30 November 1982
Volume 95, 30 August 1990
The Mars Pathfinder 90 day report was published in the 5 December 1997 issue of Science (vol. 278).
Results from the Mars Pathfinder mission were published in two issues of the Journal of Geophysical Research:
Volume 104, 25 April 1999
Volume 105, 25 January 2000
The Mars Global Surveyor 90 day report was published in the 13 March 1998 issue of Science (vol. 279).
A special section devoted to the Mars Global Surveyor mission initial results was published in the 25 October 2001, issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research (vol. 106).
Initial reports from Mars Odyssey can be found in the July 2002 (vol. 297) and June 2003 (vol. 300) issues of Science.
A special section devoted to the Mars Odyssey mission early results was published in the January 2004 issue of Space Science Reviews (vol. 110).
A book describing the scientific experiments on Mars Express is: Mars Express: The Scientific Payload, edited by Andrew Wilson and published by ESA Publication Division (2004).
First results from the OMEGA instrument were published in the March 2005 issue of Science (vol. 307).
First results from the PFS instrument were published in the August 2005 issue of Planetary and Space Science (vol. 53).
The 90 day report for the Spirit rover was published in the 6 August 2004, issue of Science (vol. 305).
The 90 day report for the Opportunity rover was published in the 3 December 2004, issue of Science (vol. 306).
US Mars mission information can be accessed through the JPL Mars Exploration Program website: mars.jpl.nasa.gov/
Mars 96: www.iki.rssi.ru/mars96/mars96hp.html
Mars Express: www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars.Express/index.html
ExoMars: www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Aurora/SEM1NVZKQAD.0.html
Nozomi: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1998-041A.html
www.stp.isas.jaxa.jp/nozomi/index-e.html

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  • Appendix: Mission reports
  • Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University
  • Book: Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface and Atmosphere
  • Online publication: 15 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536069.012
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  • Appendix: Mission reports
  • Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University
  • Book: Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface and Atmosphere
  • Online publication: 15 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536069.012
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  • Appendix: Mission reports
  • Nadine Barlow, Northern Arizona University
  • Book: Mars: An Introduction to its Interior, Surface and Atmosphere
  • Online publication: 15 December 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536069.012
Available formats
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