Links To Mars Online Resources

General Mars Information:

• Mars Home Page -- NASA/NSSDC

Mars Meteorites:

• Life on Mars? -- web site at NASA/JSC - meteorite yielding evidence of primitive life on Mars.
• Meteorites from MARS! -- meteorite collection & identification - Planetary Materials Curation, NASA/JSC. See also Meteorites from Antarctica.
• Mars Meteorites Home Page - NASA/JPL.
• 28th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (March 17-21, 1997) -- Martian Meteorite ALH84001 research abstracts.

Mars Imagery:

• Hubble Imagery of Mars from STScI (Space Telescope Science Institute):

  Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures
  Martian Colors Provide Clues about Martian Water (Feb, 1999)
  Mars Pathfinder Landing Site (June/May, 1997)
  HST imagery of Mars near opposition. (March 10, 1997)
  

• NASA's Planetary Photojournal
• Welcome to the Planets -- NASA/JPL
• NSSDC (National Space Science Data Center) Photo Gallery -- NASA
• "Browse The Solar System" -- USGS
• Mars - Viking Lander Image Data -- NASA/PDS

Ordering Mars Maps and Imagery:

• U.S. Geological Survey -- planetary maps.
• NSSDC (National Space Science Data Center)
• Sources of Earth and Planetary Photographs -- guide to obtaining data products.

Mars Exploration Information and Data:

• Mars Home Page -- NASA/NSSDC
• Mars Pathfinder -- lander and "Sojourner" rover mission [July 4, 1997-October, 1997].
• Mars Global Surveyor -- mapping mission, spacecraft in Mars orbit.
• 2001 Mars Odyssey -- launched April 7, 2001.
  Mars 2003 Rover -- Mars Mobile Landers (twin rovers).
• Mars Surveyor 98 Home Page -- Mars Climate Orbiter contact lost Sept., 1999; Polar Lander contact lost Dec. 3, 1999.
• Mars 96 Home Page -- Russian mission to Mars, launched Nov. 16,1996. Failed orbit insertion, fell to Earth Nov. 18,1996.
• Viking Mission to Mars -- links to Viking data and imagery from NASA/NSSDC
• NASA Planetary Missions - current & past missions - links to Mariner 4,6,7,9, Mars Observer & past/current Russian missions.
• Mars Missions - 2000 and Beyond --NASA /JPL.

Mars Online Educational Activities:

• Mars Day! - Annual event celebrating the Red Planet
• ASU Mars K-12 Education Program
• Lunar & Planetary Institute -- K-12 activities in planetary science.
• Mars Team Online - NASA interactive eduational activities.
• NASA Spacelink

03/05/03
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