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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > June
> June 6, 2003:
Hour One: Mars Missions
This week, if all goes as planned, two more spacecraft will be heading
towards Mars. The European Mars Express, carrying the rover Beagle
Two, launched Monday. NASA's Mars Exploration Rover, the first of
two matching probes, is scheduled to launch Sunday. The two missions
(named 'Spirit' and 'Opportunity') join several others currently in
orbit around the Red Planet, as well as a Japanese orbiter, Nozomi
(formerly known as Planet-B) currently en route to Mars.
In this hour of Science Friday, we'll get the rundown on the new missions
to Mars. What are their objectives -- and what technologies will they
use to achieve them? Plus, we'll hear about new geological results
from the 'Mars Odyssey' mission. (see the images we'll be talking
about here.)
Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Philip Christensen
Principal Investigator, Thermal Emission
Spectrometer, NASA's Mars
Odyssey
Professor, Planetary Geology
Arizona State University
Phoenix , Arizona
Colin Pillinger
Lead Scientist, Beagle
II
Head, Planetary and Space Sciences
Research Institute
The Open University
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Albert Haldemann
Deputy Project Scientist, Mars
Exploration Rover
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
Mars
Exploration: Home
Mars
Exploration Rover Mission: Home
ESA
SCIENCE: Mars Express
Beagle
2
Planet
- B HOME PAGE (English)
Nozomi
(Planet B)
Japanese
space probe headed to Mars rendezvous
C&EN:
TODAY'S HEADLINES - BACK TO MARS
The
Mars Society - Main Site
2001
Mars Odyssey Home Page
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth
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