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Mars Pathfinder Microrover - Implementing a Low Cost Planetary Mission Experiment

Matijevic, J.
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The Mars Pathfinder Microrover Flight Experiment (MFEX) is a NASA OACT flight experiment which is planned to be delivered and integrated with the Mars Pathfinder (MFP) lander and spacecraft system for landing on Mars on July 4, 1997. After landing, the MFEX rover is deployed from the lander and begins a 7 sol (1 sol=1 Martian day) mission to conduct technology experiments, deploy an alpha proton x-ray spectrometer (APXS) on rocks and soil, and image the lander as part of the engineering assessment of the mission after landing.

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Matijevic, J.. 1995-09-01. Mars Pathfinder Microrover - Implementing a Low Cost Planetary Mission Experiment. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060037454

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