The Mars Science Lab (MSL) mission will be the gateway mission and is currently planned for 2009. The MSL mission is intended to push the state-of-the-art of in situ scientific observations of Mars, demonstrate several technologies critical to the follow-on Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission, and provide information vital for implementing the entire MEP. The MSL mission will take advantage of a rich legacy of remote sensing observations by targeting a pre-selected site of scientific interest. The following technologies are being developed for the Mars Science Laboratory Project.

Point of Contact: Gabriel Udomkesmalee

Publications

Initiating the 2002 Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Focused Technology Program    January 19, 2004    Author: Robert T. Caffrey

Mars Science Laboratory Focused Technology Program Overview    IEEE, December 17, 2005    Authors: S. Gabriel Udomkesmalee and Samad A. Hayati