Meet the Mars Odyssey Orbiter Unable to render the provided source Key Facts Launch April 7, 2001, 11:02 am EST Launch Location Cape Canaveral Air Force| NASA Science
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is the second longest-lived spacecraft to orbit Mars, after 2001 Mars Odyssey.| NASA Science
Keith’s note: (This stream of consciousness bubbled out of my head on a Sunday night) One of the potential victims of the upcoming NASA budget cuts is the Mars Sample Return. Its had its problems with cost and schedule and complexity. But what if you did not need to return the samples from Mars? The whole idea behind NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is to gather samples and return them […]| NASA Watch
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun, and the seventh largest. It’s the only planet we know of inhabited entirely by robots.| NASA Science
Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, at the time of launch, Curiosity was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars at that time.| NASA Science
Mars Sample Return would be NASA’s most ambitious, multi-mission campaign that would bring carefully selected Martian samples to Earth for the first time.| NASA Science
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover seeks signs of ancient life and collects samples of rock and regolith for possible Earth return.| NASA Science
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed 72 historic flights since first taking to the skies above the Red Planet.| NASA Science