The Mars Scout Program is a NASA program to send a series of small, low-cost missions to Mars, competitively selected from innovative proposals by the scientific community. The first robotic spacecraft in this program is Phoenix, a lander originally intended for the cancelled Mars Surveyor mission. Phoenix was launched August 4, 2007, and will land in the icy northern polar region of the planet on May 25 2008. The second set of Scout missions are under review and projected to launch in 2013.[1]
References
- ^ NASA (2007). NASA Delays Mars Scout Mission to 2013. NASA. Retrieved on December 21, 2007.
See also
External links
- http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/future/2005-plus.html
- Mars Scout 2 Mission Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- Mars Scout 3 Mission Profile by NASA's Solar System Exploration
- http://www.marsnews.com/missions/scout/
- http://www.topfighters.com/aviationnews/38.html
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Explorer · Voyager · New Millennium · Discovery · New Frontiers · Mars Exploration Rover · Project Prometheus · Project Constellation · Mars Scout |
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Mars Scout |
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Pioneer · Mariner · Lunar Orbiter · Ranger · Surveyor · Apollo · Viking · Planetary Observer · Mariner Mark II · Mars Surveyor '98 |
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