Robotic Missions to Mars in the Yahoo! Directory

NASA's Mars Exploration Program
NASA's home for all Mars missions past, present, and future. Aims to determine if life ever arose on Mars, characterize its climate and geology, and prepare for human exploration.
marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov
Mars Pathfinder (9)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Mars_Pathfinder
Malin Space Science Systems
Designs, develops, and operates instruments that fly on robotic spacecraft. Includes images taken from the Mars Global Surveyor, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and both Mars Rovers.
www.msss.com
Mars Exploration Rover Mission (30)
Learn about NASA's twin robot geologists, the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers, that landed on Mars in January 2004 in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. Sites feature extensive photo galleries and mission updates from the Red Planet.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Mars_Exploration_Rover_Mission
Viking Landers (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Viking_Landers
Phoenix Mars Lander (5)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Phoenix_Mars_Lander
2001 Mars Odyssey (4)
Learn about NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey, an orbiter making global observations of Mars. Sites discuss the Odyssey's mission to detect health hazards for future human space explorers and search for water and evidence of life-sustaining environments.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/2001_Mars_Odyssey
Mars Express (10)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Mars_Express
Mars 96
A failed Russian mission which fell back to Earth.
www.iki.rssi.ru/mars96/mars96hp.html
Mars Global Surveyor (7)
See photographs of Mars surface and learn about the Red Planet's weather from data gathered by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Mars_Global_Surveyor
Mars Team Online
Project for middle school students and teachers designed to let them join the Mars team in their exploration of the Red Planet.
quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars
Mars TV: Return to Mars 2003/2004
Brings together news articles and features covering the Mars Exploration Rovers and Mars Express missions.
www.mars.tv
Planet-B (Nozomi) (1)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Planet_B__Nozomi_
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (6)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
ExoMars
Part of the ESA's Aurora Exploration Programme, ExoMars aims to further characterize the biological environment on Mars in preparation for robotic missions and then human exploration.
www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Aurora/SEM1NVZKQAD_0.html
FIDO (Field Integrated Design and Operations) (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/FIDO__Field_Integrated_Design_and_Operations_
Mars Polar Lander (2)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Robotic_Missions/Mars_Polar_Lander
Mars Climate Orbiter
Lost on September 23, 1999 because one team used English units while the other used metric units for a key spacecraft operation.
mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter
Sundial for Mars
Destined for Mars in 2002.
antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990428.html
ROVer Ranch: K-12 Experiments in Robotic Software
Robotics workshop for assembling the hardware and instructions for a software robot to perform a mission in a virtual environment. From NASA.
prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV