{"id":128,"date":"2012-05-18T05:58:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T09:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marsmmo.com\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2018-09-12T09:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T13:56:44","slug":"mars-exploration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceexplorationforall.com\/?page_id=128","title":{"rendered":"Mars Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_129\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marsmmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/three-generations-mars-rovers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\" wp-image-129 \" title=\"three-generations-mars-rovers\" src=\"http:\/\/marsmmo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/three-generations-mars-rovers-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spaceexplorationforall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/three-generations-mars-rovers-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spaceexplorationforall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/three-generations-mars-rovers-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.spaceexplorationforall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/three-generations-mars-rovers.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three Generations of Mars Rovers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mars exploration efforts are finally producing volumes of data about the planet.\u00a0 While early exploration years had many failures and produced little of scientific value, the more recent missions have been returning a great amount of high-value data.<\/p>\n<p>Mars exploration missions can be divided into three types &#8211; flybys, orbiters, and landers.\u00a0 Also, there are two types of landers &#8211; stationary and mobile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">Click here to view NASA plans for Mars Exploration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since 1960 there have been a total of 40 Mars exploration missions by the United States, Russia, Europe, and Japan, which covers 52 years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>15 Successes<\/li>\n<li>2 Partial Successes<\/li>\n<li>23 Failures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Five of the successful missions have occurred in the past 10 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Exploration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are four missions that are exploring Mars.\u00a0 Another mission is en-route to Mars, and will arrive on August 5, 2012. Three of the missions are orbiting Mars and gathering data.\u00a0 One missions has two mobile rovers that move about from one scientific-valued site to another. One rover has ceased functioning while the other is still gathering valuable scientific data.\u00a0 The mission now cruising to Mars will take about 9 months (254 days).<\/p>\n<table width=\"708\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"116\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/programmissions\/missions\/present\/odyssey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/mep\/missions\/mission_ody.jpg\" alt=\"2001 Mars Odyssey\" width=\"106\" height=\"86\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"117\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\">2001 Mars Odyssey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"116\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/programmissions\/missions\/present\/2003\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/mep\/missions\/mission_mer.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Exploration Rovers\" width=\"106\" height=\"86\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\">Spirit and Opportunity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"116\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/programmissions\/missions\/present\/express\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/mep\/missions\/mission_exp.jpg\" alt=\"Mars Express\" width=\"106\" height=\"86\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\">Mars Express<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"116\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/programmissions\/missions\/present\/2005\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/mep\/missions\/mro-th.gif\" alt=\"Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter\" width=\"106\" height=\"86\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\">Mars Recon Orbiter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"125\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/programmissions\/missions\/present\/msl\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mars.jpl.nasa.gov\/images\/mep\/missions\/msl-th.gif\" alt=\"Mars Science Laboratory\" width=\"106\" height=\"86\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\">Mars Science Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Future Exploration Direction &#8211; &#8220;Follow the Water!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since our first close-up picture of Mars in 1965, spacecraft voyages to the Red Planet have revealed a world strangely familiar, yet different enough to challenge our perceptions of what makes a planet work. Every time we feel close to understanding Mars, new discoveries send us straight back to the drawing board to revise existing theories.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;d think Mars would be easier to understand. Like Earth, Mars has polar ice caps and clouds in its atmosphere, seasonal weather patterns, volcanoes, canyons, and other recognizable features. However, conditions on Mars vary wildly from what we know on our own planet.<\/p>\n<p>To discover the possibilities for life on Mars&#8211;past, present or our own in the future&#8211;the Mars Program has developed an exploration strategy known as &#8220;Follow the Water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following the water begins with an understanding of the current environment on Mars. We want to explore observed features like dry riverbeds, ice in the polar caps and rock types that only form when water is present. We want to look for hot springs, hydrothermal vents or subsurface water reserves.<\/p>\n<p>All of these features have scientists excited about what else will be discovered on the Red Planet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mars exploration efforts are finally producing volumes of data about the planet.\u00a0 While early exploration years had many failures and produced little of scientific value, the more recent missions have been returning a great amount of high-value data. 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