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 * Category 5 – Mars/Venus **
 * Mars Global Surveyor || JPL Past ||
 * Mars Pathfinder || JPL Past ||
 * Mars Exploration Rovers || JPL & NASA Current ||
 * Mariner || JPL Past ||
 * Magellan || JPL Past ||
 * Mars Odyssey || JPL Current ||
 * Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter || JPL Current ||
 * Phoenix || JPL & NASA Current ||
 * Mars Express || NASA Current ||

JPL PAST Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/past_missions.cfm JPL CURRENT Missions http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/index.cfm NASA PAST Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/past/index.html NASA CURRENT Missions http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html>

Venus mariner-launched 7/22/62. study Venus's atmoshere and surface.

Mars mariner-launched 11/5/64. study close up pictures of Mars.

Mars Global Surveyor-launched 11/7/96. first successful launch to mars since 1976. purpose-exploration. key findings-signs of a steady source of water in the past,

Mars Pathfinder-launched 12/4/96 purpose-study the surface of Mars

Mars Exploration Rovers-twin robots, first launched on 6/10/03, second on 7/7/03. purpose-take and send pictures of the terrain, collect a wide variety of rocks for study for clues to past water activity on Mars.

Venus Magellan-launched 5/4/89. purpose-radar mapping and maps of gravity fields.

Mars Odyssey-launched 4/7/01. purpose-detect water, study planet make-up, and study radiation

Phoenix-launched on 8/4/07. purpose-use a robotic arm to dig beneath soil to water, remove samples of both and bring them back to Earth for further study.