November 7, 1996 (Rat-September 27), the United States successfully launched the Mars exploration spacecraft. shot in




Viking 1 Mars northern hemisphere image
7, 2007 (1996 GMT), the U.S. Mars Global observer spacecraft launched Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida success. $ 150 million of the cost of the spacecraft will fly 435 million miles, which lasted 10 months. It will arrive on September 12, 1997, Mars. March of the following year, the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft's cameras and other devices will begin the Mars 687 days of the investigation.
, a director of the NASA officials said it will collect a lot of data, enough storage for 130 discs, but can not be directly determined Mars had life. However, scientists valuable information can be obtained based on the exploration of Mars spacecraft aircraft Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft launched by Russia over the next 10 years to determine whether life existed on Mars. Around 2005, NASA will launch a spacecraft contains a robotic device, collected and shipped back to the Martian soil and rock samples for scientists to analyze the study. the
personnel are installed Surveyor the telephoto camera
Surveyor structure diagram