Deep space 2: The Mars Microprobe Mission

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E11, 1999, Pages 27013-27030

  Smrekar, Suz̀anne ^a   Catling, David ^b   Lorenz, Ralph ^c   Magalhães, Julio ^b   Moersch, Jeffrey ^b   Morgan, Paul ^d   Murray, Bruce ^e,g   Presley, Marsha ^f   Yen, Albert ^a   Zent, Aaron ^b   Blaney, Diana ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; PENETROMETER; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0343334303     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JE001073     Document Type: Article

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