Current
space missions
supporting
science and preparing for a human space mission
to Mars.
Mission
Status Mars
Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter launched on 12
Aug carries the most powerful camera ever sent to
another planet.
Mars
Exploration Rovers homepage details invaluable
scientific discoveries from Spirit and Opportunity.
Mars
Global Surveyor launched November 1996
to study the Martian surface, atmosphere and interior.
Mars
Odyssey launched April 2001 to determine
composition of the Martian surface, detect water
and shallow buried ice, and study the radiation
environment.
