Mars Surveyor

Mars Surveyor may refer to various NASA Mars probes:

  • Mars Surveyor 1998, where NASA lost both probes:
    • Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter), and
    • Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander)
  • Mars Surveyor 2001, of which there were also to be two probes:
    • 2001 Mars Odyssey (formerly Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter), currently orbiting Mars, and
    • Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander, cancelled in May 2000


Famous quotes containing the word mars:

    “Venus me yaf my lust, my likerousnesse,
    And Mars yaf me my sturdy hardinesse.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)