It's main mission is to research for life on Mars.
This is Mars Express and it is still operating today (July 2010). Part of the Mars Express mission was releasing the UK's Beagle 2 lander (essentially a mission in its own right), however this failed.
if i were designing a lander to work on mars where would i test it
Mars Surveyor 2003 Lander/Rover will be launched on May 22, 2003.
It Rome's around Mars and researches for things :D
It was Mars 2, from the Soviet Mars Lander Program.
Extra - 1994 Mars Polar Lander was released on: USA: 6 December 1999
Mars Global Surveyor and Polar Lander
The Soviet Union's "Mars 2" had a "Prop-M"rover on board the lander but the mission failed when the lander impacted into the Martian surface .
The Phoenix Lander was the most recent mission to Mars. It landed May 25, 2008 and the mission was over by November 10, 2008.
This is Mars Express and it is still operating today (July 2010). Part of the Mars Express mission was releasing the UK's Beagle 2 lander (essentially a mission in its own right), however this failed.
The Phoenix Mars lander is on the ground now! Use the link to the JPL/NASA posting on this mission. It is updated frequently.
Mars
Phoenix was a robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission on Mars under the Mars Scout Program. Mission scientists used instruments aboard the Phoenix lander to search for environments suitable for microbial life on Mars, and to research the history of water there.
It was sent to go and explore Mars in the hope of finding extra Terrestrial Life Also see the Related Link 'NASA - Phoenix Mission Overview.'
the phoenix lander found ice water on the planet
The ''Mars Lander''
if i were designing a lander to work on mars where would i test it