Space Science: Missions: Unmanned: Mars

Information on the Red Planet and links to the homepages of NASA's Mars exploration projects.

NASA's official site for the microprobe mission, launched with the Mars Polar Lander in January 1999. Contact was lost in December 1999.

Overview of the Russian mission launched in 1996 that failed to reach earth orbit.

A NASA history book on the Viking and Mariner missions. Discusses the motives for these programs and the evolution of hardware. Includes information on the search for life on Mars, spacecraft assembly, landing site selection, and experiments performed on the Martian surface.

Overviews of more than 30 missions from 1960 to 2005.