Overview of the Mars Pathfinder Mission: Launch through landing, surface operations, data sets, and science results

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E4, 1999, Pages 8523-8553

  Golombek, M P ^a   Anderson, R C ^a   Barnes, J R ^b   Bell III, J F ^c,s   Bridges, N T ^a   Britt, D T ^d   Bruckner J ^e   Cook, R A ^a   Crisp, D ^a   Crisp, J A ^a   Economou, T ^f   Folkner, W M ^a   Greeley, R ^g   Haberle, R M ^h   Hargraves, R B ⁱ   Harris, J A ^a   Haldemann, A F C ^a   Herkenhoff, K E ^a   Hviid, S F ^j   Jaumann, R ^k   Johnson, J R ^l   Kallemeyn, P H ^a   Keller, H U ^m   Kirk, R L ^l   Knudsen, J M ^j   Larsen, S ⁿ   Lemmon, M T ^d   Madsen, M B ^j   Magalhaes J A ^h   Maki, J N ^a   Malin, M C ^o   Manning, R M ^a   Matijevic, J ^a   McSween, H Y ^p   Moore, H J ^q   Murchie, S L ^r   Murphy, J R ^h   Parker, T J ^a   Rieder, R ^e   Rivellini, T P ^a   Schofield, J T ^a   Seiff, A ^h   Singer, R B ^d   Smith, P H ^d   Soderblom, L A ^l   Spencer, D A ^a   Stoker, C R ^h   Sullivan, R ^c,s   Thomas, N ^m   Thurman, S W ^a   Tomasko, M G ^d   Vaughan, R M ^a   Wanke H ^e   Ward, A W ^l   Wilson, G R ^g   more..

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^k GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^l U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^o MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^q U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^r JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^s Max Planck Institut für Chemie ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0033602585     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02554     Document Type: Review

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