Mars Observer Project (U.S.)
Mars Observer Project records, 1982-1994.
JPL33: Includes correspondence and meeting material, as well as monthly project management reports showing project plans and monthly status reports documenting the different phases of the Mars Observer Project.
JPL35: Includes reports and correspondence.
JPL54: Includes chronological correspondence files of William Purdy, Ed L. McKinley, Robert Covey, Francis Sturms, Lou Sola, Frank Palluconi, and Gary Reisdorf.
JPL408: Includes project management reports regarding different phases of the project.
JPL520: Includes correspondence, reports, photographs, newsletters and handwritten notes relating to the Mars Observer Project.
The Mars Observer Project was managed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and was the first in a series of planned planetary missions which NASA called the Planetary Observer series. The Mars Geoscience Climatology Orbiter (MCGO) was approved in 1984 and "Orbiter" was changed to "Observer," then in 1985 the name was shortened to Mars Observer for clarity and brevity. The Mars Observer space probe was launched on September 25, 1992 to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field. Communication with the spacecraft was lost on August 21, 1993, prior to orbital insertion.
Covey, R. R.
Palluconi, Frank Don
Purdy, William
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
Mars Observer (Spacecraft)
Mars Observer Project (U.S.)
Satellites -- Mars (Planet) -- Observations.
Mars (Planet)
Covey, R. R.
Palluconi, Frank Don
Purdy, William
AIP-ICOS
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archives. JPL Archive, MS 111-113, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA