The Mars Page
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About Mars
The planet Mars which is the fourth planet from the Sun has been perhaps the most written about planet in the solar system. Numerous books, movies and articles have come out over the years about the red planet and many space missions have been launched toward Mars to study this faacinating world.
Currently there are five missions in progress studying Mars. There is the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft which arrived at Mars in late 2001 and is in orbit around the planet taking images, the Mars Express Mission which is currently in orbit around Mars, the two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity which landed on the surface in January 2004 and are still operating and there is the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which arrived at Mars in March of 2006. This orbiter will bring back mor5e data than any other mission ever sent to Mars. The purpose of all these missions is to study the geology of Mars, its atmosphere, evidence of water and possible life.
Along with the various space missions sent to Mars, the internet system has seen a number of websites go up relating to this planet. Below are some of these websites that will provide you with much information which I hope you will enjoy.
2. Center for Mars Exploration
4. Life on Mars
6. Mars Case for Live Surface Vegetation
10. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
12. Mars Today
13. NASA's Mars Exploration Program
15. NSSDC Photo Gallery of Mars
16. NASA - Mars is Alive and Has Signs of Life!
New Images From Mars
New Martian Views From Orbiting Camera Shows Diversity - MRO News - May 5, 2010
NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map - JPL News and Features - July 23, 2010
News Stories on Mars
NASA Mars Rover Finds Evidence of Subsurface Water - The ground where NASA's Mars Rover Spirit became stuck in 2009 holds evidence that water, perhaps as snow melt, trickled into the subsurface fairly recently and on a continuing basis. - NASA/JPL News Release - October 28, 2010.
The Martian Methane Surprise - An interview with Astrobiology Magazine editor Leslie Mullen Mumma about the methane discovered on Mars and what it could mean for life on the red planet.