Mars Exploration Program

NASA's Mars Exploration Program includes current missions Odyssey, MRO, Mars Express, MSL, InSight, and Mars 2020. The Mars Exploration Program Data Management Plan, written by the Geosciences Node, sets forth guidelines for Mars Exploration Program missions to use in planning their archives. The director of the Geosciences Node, Raymond Arvidson, is the MEP Interdisciplinary Scientist for Data and Archives.

This web page coordinates links to PDS archive web sites for MEP missions, and links to archive-related documents.

Mars Exploration Program Missions, Active, In Development, and Past

Mars 2020 (Perseverance Rover)

InSight Lander

Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover)

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity)

Mars Express Orbiter (ESA mission)

2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter

Phoenix Lander

Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter

Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner Rover)

Viking Orbiter

Viking Lander

Mariner

Documents

MEP Data Management Plan (Version 4.0, revised 6/15/11, 443 KB PDF)

This document sets forth guidelines for missions to follow in archiving data products, releasing data and information to the public, and working with other entities such as the Planetary Data System, the National Space Science Data Center, and the JPL Public Affairs Office. Each mission is responsible for generating its own archive plan, based on the guidelines in the Data Management Plan. Version 4.0 of this document is currently in signature cycle.