Mars Rovers

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Mars Rovers

Nearly every conceptual mission to Mars has included pressurized rovers to allow the astronauts to get around the surface.

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Marsokhod Russian manned Mars rover. Study 1961. Surface transports were part of all Soviet Mars expeditions.

DRM 1 Mars Local Rover American manned Mars rover. Study 1987. The local unpressurized rover for the Mars Design Reference Mission was conceptually the same as the Apollo lunar rover.

Mars Pathfinder American Mars rover. Mars lander with surface rover. Landed a mini-rover to the Mars surface. Test of airbag and rover technologies. First successful Mars landing mission since Viking. Mars Lander / Rover satellite built by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, USA. Launched 1996.

DRM 1 Mars Rover - Pressurized American manned Mars rover. Study 1997. Hoffman and Kaplan proposed a large pressurized rover for long duration exploration sorties on Mars as a part of the Mars Design Reference Mission study.

MSL American Mars rover. Heavy, radioisotope-powered robotic Mars rover planned for an October 2010 arrival at Mars. It would carry instruments to definitively search for life in the soil. Mars rover satellite operated by NASA, USA. Launched 2011.

1996 December 4 - . 06:58 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC17B. LV Family: Thor. Launch Vehicle: Delta 7925.

Mars Pathfinder - . Payload: Discovery 2. Nation: USA. Agency: JPL, NASA. Program: Discovery series. Class: Mars. Type: Mars probe. Spacecraft Bus: Mars Rovers. Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder. Decay Date: 1997-07-04 . USAF Sat Cat: 24667 . COSPAR: 1996-068A. En route Mars.

MPF Cruise Stage - . Nation: USA. Agency: MDSSC. Spacecraft Bus: Mars Rovers. Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder. COSPAR: 1996-068xx.

Sojourner - . Payload: MFEX Rover. Nation: USA. Agency: MDSSC. Spacecraft Bus: Mars Rovers. Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder. COSPAR: 1996-068xx.

1997 July 4 - .

Mars Pathfinder Landing On Mars - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft Bus: Mars Rovers. Spacecraft: Mars Pathfinder.

2011 November 26 - . 15:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC41. Launch Pad: SLC41. LV Family: Atlas V. Launch Vehicle: Atlas V 541.

MSL - . Mass: 3,839 kg (8,463 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Mars. Type: Mars rover. Spacecraft Bus: Mars Rovers. Spacecraft: MSL. Decay Date: 2012-08-06 . USAF Sat Cat: 37936 . COSPAR: 2011-070A. Apogee: 319 km (198 mi). Perigee: 161 km (100 mi). Inclination: 28.90 deg. Period: 89.30 min. Mars Science Laboratory; 899 kg Curiosity Rover to be landed on Mars surface in August 2012..

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