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Cook, R.

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The Mars Pathfinder Mission

On July 4th, 1997, Mars Pathfinder became the third spacecraft to successfully land on the planet Mars. The mission's primary objective was to demonstrate a low-cost system for delivering a small science payload to the surface of Mars, and to test the operation of a rover.

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Mars Pathfinder Mission Operations Concept

Mars Pathfinder is one of the first of NASA's Discovery series of low cost planetary missions. A number of innovative design, fabrication, and management techniques have been adopted during the development phase to stay within the percent 150M (FY

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Mars Pathfinder Mission Operations Concept

Mars Pathfinder is one of NASA s new low-cost planetary missions developed to meet a $150 million cost cap. This paper describes the operations philosophy, requirements, organizational structure, and ground data system.

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