1999 Chronology of Additions


30-DEC-98

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


29-DEC-98

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


23-DEC-98

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


21-DEC-98 4:30 PM PDT

THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARS
July 18-23, 1999 - Pasadena, California

Images taken by Japan's Nozomi spacecraft


18-DEC-98 12:30 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


17-DEC-98 11:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


16-DEC-98 5:00 PM PDT

Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters


14-DEC-98 5:00 PM PDT

Key to Orbit Display

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


11-DEC-98 3:00 PM PDT

The Mars Climate Orbiter was successfully launched today at 18:45:50.918 UTC

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


10-DEC-98 2:30 PM PDT

Live from MGS/Mars'98 Command Center
The former MGS Aerobraking Command Center is now the Mars Surveyor Operations (MSOP) MGS/Mars'98 Command Center. Starting tomorrow, we will be operating two missions simultaneously.


10-DEC-98 1:30 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


9-DEC-98 12:30 PM PDT

MSSS - Top 10 MGS MOC Images From the First Year In Orbit


7-DEC-98 11:30 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


6-DEC-98

MOLA Release - First Three-Dimensional View of North Polar Region of Mars


4-DEC-98 1:30 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


2-DEC-98 10:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


30-NOV-98 11:30 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


30-NOV-98 1:45 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report

Real Time Orbit Update
We have added a new detailed graphic descibing the current orbit.


24-NOV-98 11:00 PM PDT

Real Time Orbit Update
We have upgraded the graphics on the real time orbit page.

We are in the process of creating more real time pages for the Mars Surveyor 98 launch. After the launch of the lander in January 1999, we will add three more real time pages to the Mars web site. These pages will be determined by you, the United States tax payer. Please send your request to: Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov). The subject of your e-mail should be <REAL TIME REQUEST>.

We will analyze the requests and determine which ones are technically feasible. On January 15, 1999 we will post the top three requests on the web site and begin implementation.


22-NOV-98 9:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


20-NOV-98 10:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


16-NOV-98 6:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


13-NOV-98 10:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


10-NOV-98 10:00 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


06-NOV-98 5:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


05-NOV-98 6:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


31-OCT-98 6:00 PM PDT

MSSS - New Views of Martian Geology Released in Conjunction with the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 1998


31-OCT-98 4:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


30-OCT-98 5:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


28-OCT-98 6:00 PM PST

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


27-OCT-98 12:00 PM PST

Upgraded Live Spacecraft Telemetry
We have made more software changes to the real time telemetry pages to make them more reliable. Please be advised that this data is only updated when the spacecraft telemetry is in lock. If they are far behind, send e-mail to Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov).


26-OCT-98 5:00 PM PST

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


25-OCT-98 5:00 PM PST

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


23-OCT-98 2:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


22-OCT-98 12:30 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


20-OCT-98 8:30 AM PDT

MSSS - Image of the Martian North Polar Region


19-OCT-98 10:00 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


16-OCT-98 10:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


13-OCT-98 5:30 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


12-OCT-98 1:00 PM PDT

MSSS - New Views of Mars Released in Conjunction with the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences Annual Meeting, October 1998.

ASU - New TES data released at DPS Meeting Press Conference, 12 October 1998

MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR CAPTURES DETAILED VIEWS OF OLYMPUS MONS, KASEI VALLIS RIVER CHANNEL


09-OCT-98 10:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


08-OCT-98 10:00 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


06-OCT-98 5:00 PM PDT

Final Orbital Parameter Tables for the First Part of Aerobraking and the SPO Orbit


05-OCT-98 10:00 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


02-OCT-98 10:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


01-OCT-98 5:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


28-SEP-98 10:30 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


25-SEP-98 2:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


24-SEP-98 10:30 AM PDT

MSOP-MGS Aerobraking Status Report


23-SEP-98 1:30 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report - MGS has Returned to Aerobraking


22-SEP-98 4:30 PM PDT

JPL PIO Release - Mars Global Surveyor Mission Status


21-SEP-98 7:00 PM PDT

MSSS - Mars Orbiter Camera Turned Off As Global Surveyor Completes One Year In Orbit And Resumes Aerobraking

MSSS - Martian North Polar Cap On September 12, 1998


18-SEP-98 5:00 PM PDT

MSOP-MGS Status Report Friday PM


18-SEP-98 1:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


17-SEP-98 2:00 PM PDT

JPL PIO Release - Mars Global Surveyor Mission Status


15-SEP-98 12:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


14-SEP-98 8:00 PM PDT

Updated Ground Tracks of MGS Over the Surface of Mars


11-SEP-98 10:30 AM PDT

JPL PIO Release - MARTIAN MOON PHOBOS HIP-DEEP IN POWDER

MSSS Release - Phobos Moon

ASU Release - MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Views Phobos

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


7-SEP-98 10:00 PM PDT

MSSS - "Giant Polygon" Troughs, Elysium Planitia


4-SEP-98 9:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


2-SEP-98 11:00 PM PDT

MGS Aerobraking Phase II Readiness Review - Day 2
Detailed Presentations in Adobe PDF Files


31-AUG-98 6:00 PM PDT

MGS Aerobraking Phase II Readiness Review - Day 1
Detailed Presentations in Adobe PDF Files


28-AUG-98 11:00 AM PDT

MSSS - Small Volcano In Tempe Terra

Current Mission Status Report

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


26-AUG-98 6:00 PM PDT

29th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 16-20, 1998
Detailed Mars Global Surveyor science abstracts from 1998 LPSC presentations.


24-AUG-98 6:00 PM PDT

Mars Global Surveyor Site Map
A graphical page to assist in rapidly locating information.


21-AUG-98 11:00 AM PDT

MSSS - August 1998: Seeing The Northern Plains Through Springtime Haze

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


19-AUG-98 4:00 PM PDT

Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters


17-AUG-98 4:30 PM PDT

Upgraded Live Spacecraft Telemetry
We have made software changes to the real time telemetry pages to make them more reliable. If they are behind, send e-mail to Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov).


14-AUG-98 8:00 AM PDT

MSSS Release - "Fluidized" Crater Ejecta Deposit

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


12-AUG-98 4:15 PM PDT

Updated Ground Tracks of MGS Over the Surface of Mars


10-AUG-98 2:30 PM PDT

NASA Managers Consider Postponing Deployment of Mars Global Surveyor Antenna


7-AUG-98 10:00 AM PDT

MSSS Release - Spring Time View of North Polar Sand Dunes

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


31-JUL-98 10:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report


30-JUL-98 12:00 PM PDT

MSSS Release - SUV Tracks On Mars? The 'Devil' Is In The Details


29-JUL-98 4:30 PM PDT

Ground Tracks of MGS Over the Surface of Mars
Starting this week we will project ground tracks for the coming week.

Mars News
More postings of Mars missions and research.


24-JUL-98 5:30 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

MSSS Release - Western Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris
This Friday's MSSS release occured on Monday of this week.

Mars News
Non-commercial postings concerning Mars missions and research.


23-JUL-98 5:30 PM PDT

Ground Tracks of MGS Over the Surface of Mars
A fast loading directory of links to all ground tracks.


20-JUL-98 5:30 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Western Candor Chasma, Valles Marineris

Directory of All MGS Links
A fast loading directory of all links to pages on the MGS web site.


17-JUL-98 12:45 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

MSSS Release - Gusev Crater and Ma'adim Vallis


15-JUL-98 11:00 AM PDT

Starting today the Mars Global Surveyor website will be revamped to accommodate modem users. Except where noted, individual pages will not contain more than 400 KB of data. Users of 56 kbps modems should not experience download times of more than 60 seconds per page. Most pages will be designed around a 30 second modem down load time limit.


14-JUL-98 5:00 PM PDT

NASA Honor Awards
The Mars Global Surveyor development team was presented with NASA honor awards for their
contributions to NASA’s deep space exploration.

Martian of the Month
Every month a member of the Mars Exploration Program Office is recognized as "Martian of the Month".


10-JUL-98 11:00 AM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

MSSS Release - Elysium Mons Volcano


09-JUL-98 6:00 PM PDT

UPDATED MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR AEROBRAKING REPORT
M. D. Johnston, P. B. Esposito, V. Alwar,
S. W. Demcak, E. J. Graat, R. A. Mase


08-JUL-98 12:30 PM PDT

Updated Key MGS Team Members


3-JUL-98 8:00 PM PDT

Mars Surveyor Operations Project Weekly Report

The Latest Images: July 4, 1998: Mars Pathfinder First Anniversary Special -- Refined Landing Site Location in MOC Image 25603

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Planet-B Neutral Mass Spectrometer (GSFC)

The Atmospheric Experiment Branch of the Goddard Space Flight Center built a Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS), which was launched on July 4, 1998 ( Friday at 5:12 PM PDT ) to the planet Mars aboard the Japanese Planet-B spacecraft, under direction of the Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS).


30-JUN-98 3:00 PM PDT

June 30-01 Ground Track of MGS Over Surface of Mars

Previous Ground Tracks


28-JUN-98 1:00 AM PDT

Major Release - Mars Global Surveyor Science Sampler

Numerous High Resolution MOC Images

Official Release - June 26, 1998

The Mars Global Surveyor Science Sampler is a CD-ROM containing some of the first science data products acquired by the MGS instruments MOC (Mars Orbiter Camera), MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter), TES (Thermal Emission Spectrometer), and MAG/ER (Magnetometer/Electron Reflectometer). The Sampler also includes two spherical harmonics gravity models for Mars based on Mariner 9 and Viking Orbiter data, which will be updated by the MGS Radio Science Subsystem (RSS) experiment. The Science Sampler is intended to provide users with a sample of MGS data products from each instrument, to allow them to prepare for standard data product deliveries that will begin in the next few months.

The CD-ROM contents are provided here for use by the planetary community and the interested public. Copies of the CD-ROM are available to planetary scientists through NASA's Planetary Data System (PDS), and to the public through the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC).

The MGS Science Sampler is produced by the Planetary Data System Geosciences Node at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Questions and comments may be addressed to geosci@wunder.wustl.edu.


26-JUN-98 11:30 AM PDT

MSSS Release - Windblown Dunes on the Floor of Herschel Impact Basin

MSSS Release - Early SPO-2 High Resolution Imaging: The Challenge of Cloudy Skies (2 pictures!)

Project Status Report Overview


25-JUN-98 4:00 PM PDT

Zoom in on Ground Track of MGS Over the Surface of Mars


19-JUN-98 7:00 PM PDT

Updated Ground Track of MGS Over the Surface of Mars


16-JUN-98 6:30 PM PDT

June 15-16 Ground Track of MGS Over Surface of Mars
Starting today we will be reporting the ground track of MGS over the surface of Mars. This information will be updated once every two days.


12-JUN-98 4:30 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Winter Morning in Northern Tharsis

MSSS Release - Detailed Cloud Patterns in Martian Northern Hemisphere


10-JUN-98 3:00 PM PDT

Live Spacecraft Telemetry
Live telemetry is back on-line. However, during the second Science Phasing Orbit we receive ten hours of telemetry per day. For this reason, the telemetry pages will not always be current.


05-JUN-98 3:00 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Small, Fresh Impact Crater With Dark Ejecta


04-JUN-98 5:00 PM PDT

MOLA Release - Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Observations of the North Polar Cap and Clouds on Mars

SLIDE SHOW OF MGS NAVIGATION AND AEROBRAKING AT MARS
P. Esposito, V. Alwar, S. Demcak, E. Graat, M. Johnston and R. Mase


03-JUN-98 2:30 PM PDT

MGS NAVIGATION AND AEROBRAKING AT MARS
P. Esposito, V. Alwar, S. Demcak, E. Graat, M. Johnston and R. Mase


28-MAY-98 2:30 PM PDT

MGS REVEALS MORE EVIDENCE OF ABUNDANT WATER, THERMAL ACTIVITY IN MARS' PAST


28-MAY-98 11:00 AM PDT

MSSS Release - Seepage and Ponding within a Southern Hemisphere Crater


27-MAY-98 Quick Update:

The period of solar conjunction is now over. We will resume taking science data by the end of the week.


25-MAY-98 8:00 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Opposition Surge: Sunlight Glinting off Mars

MGS Mars Orbiter Camera Home Page ( MSSS )
Mike Malin has added a significant amount of material to his site and created a new link hierarchy.


23-MAY-98 10:00 AM PDT

Status at the Conclusion of Targeted Observations


19-MAY-98 Quick Update:

Today Mars Global Surveyor is executing an autonomous Sun-then-Earth pointing sequence as it emerges from solar conjunction. We are waiting for communications capabilities to improve before resuming science data taking in June.


18-MAY-98 3:00 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Lava Flows On Ascraeus Mons Volcano


18-MAY-98 11:30 AM PDT

MGS Nearing End of Solar Conjunction Period
For the past three weeks MGS has been in solar conjunction. During this time we have not been receiving telemetry from the spacecraft. We are now in periodic contact with the spacecraft as we near the end of the solar conjunction period.


14-MAY-98 4:30 PM PDT

MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR AEROBRAKING REPORT
M. D. Johnston, P. B. Esposito, V. Alwar,
S. W. Demcak, E. J. Graat, R. A. Mase


13-MAY-98 10:00 PM PDT

Updated Aerobraking Pressure Charts


08-MAY-98 12:00 PM PDT

Updated Aerobraking Pressure Charts from What Happens During the Aerobraking Approval Group Meetings

Next week we will post all of the aerobraking pressure charts in preparation for a major paper describing aerobraking in even greater detail than the expert area of: "Explanation of Aerobraking Activities"


05-MAY-98 5:30 PM PDT

Key MGS Team Members


04-MAY-98 7:30 PM PDT

Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters


1-MAY-98 4:00 PM PDT

Current Postion of Earth and Mars in Relation to the Sun


28-APR-98 5:00 PM PDT

MGS Prepares to Enter Solar Conjunction Period


28-APR-98 3:00 PM PDT

TJP CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #3


27-APR-98 8:00 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Pathfinder Landing Site Observed by Mars Orbiter Camera


24-APR-98 5:00 PM PDT

MSSS Release - MOC Images "The City Square" in Cydonia


24-APR-98 10:45 AM PDT

MIPL CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #3


24-APR-98 10:00 AM PDT

RAW IMAGE OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #3


24-APR-98 8:30 AM PDT

MSSS Release - MOC Acquires High Resolution Stereoscopic Images of Viking One Landing Site


20-APR-98 2:30 PM PDT

Spacecraft VRML Models
View VRML models of Spacecraft in different flight configurations.

Announcement of Third Cydonia Observation


15-APR-98 11:45 AM PDT

MSSS Release - MOC Views Another Area in Cydonia

MSSS Release - MOC Views Viking Lander 1 Site Through Dust Storm


14-APR-98 8:30 PM PDT

CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGES OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #2


14-APR-98 6:30 PM PDT

RAW IMAGE OF CYDONIA REGION - OBSERVATION #2


14-APR-98 1:45 PM PDT

Explanation of Difference in Swath Size for Second Cydonia Observation


13-APR-98 11:30 AM PDT

MSSS Release - Why the "Face" image is only 1024 pixels wide

MSSS Release - MOC and Viking Histograms


10-APR-98 5:00 PM PDT

PLANS FOR SECOND CLUSTER OF TARGETED IMAGING


09-APR-98 3:30 PM PDT

SUMMARY OF CLUSTER 1 TARGETED IMAGING


08-APR-98 5:45 PM PDT

MSSS Release - Mars Orbiter Camera Views the "Face on Mars"


07-APR-98 4:00 PM PDT

JPL CLARIFICATION OF CYDONIA RAW IMAGE ORIENTATION


07-APR-98 10:30 AM PDT

JPL CORRECTION TO CYDONIA PHOTO CAPTION


06-APR-98 5:45 PM PDT

TJP CONTRAST ENHANCED CYDONIA IMAGE AND COMPARISION TO VIKING FRAME 035A72


06-APR-98 1:45 PM PDT

MIPL CONTRAST ENHANCED CYDONIA IMAGE


06-APR-98 10:30 AM PDT

RAW CYDONIA IMAGE


05-APR-98

MGS Spacecraft Targeting Animations
QuickTime and MPEG animations of MGS imaging the Cydonia Region, Pathfinder, Viking 1, and Viking 2
landing sites using actual spacecraft orientation data acquired during last set of targeting passes over Mars.


04-APR-98

Saturday Afternoon Update on Targeted Observations

Saturday Morning Update on Targeted Observations


02-APR-98

Flight Status Report


01-APR-98

Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters


31-MAR-98

Second Announcement of Preparations for Targeted Observations

JPL Press Release - Second Announcement with Schedule for Observations


30-MAR-98

Updated SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)


29-MAR-98

Sequences Performed During Orbit on 25-MAR-98


27-MAR-98

Mars Surveyor Operation Project - Friday Noon Report

Updated SPO Time Line


26-MAR-98

First Announcement of Target Opportunities During Science Phasing Orbit
In the coming weeks Mars Global Surveyor will attempt to image the Cydonia region, the Pathfinder landing site, and the Viking 1 & 2 Lander sites. Specific time frames for each site will be posted in the near future.

JPL Press Release 12:15 PM PST - First Announcement


25-MAR-98

Coming Up on Start of SPO


24-MAR-98

What Really Happened - Updated Explanation of Aerobraking Activities ( Expert Area )


23-MAR-98

Quick Reference to MGS Mirror Sites
In anticipation of high demand, we recommend that you review this
list of MGS mirror sites prior to the start of the Science Phasing Orbit.


22-MAR-98

Explanation of Orbital Parameters


20-MAR-98

Bandwidth of Mars Mirror Site Network
We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the network
of mirror sites before the start of the Science Phasing Orbit.


18-MAR-98

Updated Explanation of How Aerobraking Works


17-MAR-98

Updated Aerobraking Pressure Charts from What Happens During the Aerobraking Approval Group Meetings


13-MAR-98

Publication of MGS Science Articles


12-MAR-98

MGS Project Documents in Adobe PDF Files
Over 4,600 pages of detailed information on the Mars Global Surveyor mission.

The MGS Radio Science Team has developed an education outreach program. The Team will share their data from from the Martian atmosphere with participants in the program almost as soon as it is collected! A Note To K-12 Educators ( STANFORD )


10-MAR-98

Updated Excerpts from MGS Critical Design Review Presentations - February 25-26, 1998

Updated Items of Interest in MGS Aerobraking Control Center

Updated Key to SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)


9-MAR-98

MOC Observations from Aerobraking Orbit


08-MAR-98

Updated History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters


5-MAR-98

An Explanation of How Aerobraking Works


4-MAR-98

Updated SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)


3-MAR-98

Excerpts from MGS Critical Design Review Presentations - February 25-26, 1998


2-MAR-98

What Happens During the Aerobraking Approval Group Meetings


1-MAR-98

SFOS files showing MGS activity on Deep Space Network (DSN)

Starting today we will do our best to update the site every day except Saturday.


24-FEB-98

Transition from Aerobraking
MGS Transition from Aerobraking Phase 1 to the Science Phasing
( Why We have Stopped Taking Some Science Data )


23-FEB-98

Latest Flight Status Report

Items of Interest in MGS Aerobraking Control Center


11-FEB-98

MOC Images of Mars '98 Landing Site ( 02/11/98 )


09-FEB-98

History of Aerobraking Orbital Parameters

MGS Engineering Data

MGS Launch Pictures


02-FEB-98

MOC Observations from Aerobraking Orbit (02/02/98)


28-JAN-98

Live Pictures of the MGS Aerobraking Command Center at JPL!


31-DEC-97

MOC Observations from Aerobraking Orbit (12/31/97)


Please be advised that major releases of science data onto the web site currently coincide with the time at which press conferences are held at JPL. We are actively working with the remote science teams to develop procedures which will enable mission data to be released with greater frequency.

If there is information you would like to see added to the Mars Global Surveyor site, please send your request to:
Kirk Goodall (kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov).

The subject of your mail message should read: MGS REQUEST: <your request>

Due to the tremendous volume of e-mail we receive we can not always respond, but your e-mail is most certainly reviewed and considered. Substantive e-mail is periodically incorporated into reports.

Thank you for your continued interest in the Mars Global Surveyor mission.

Sincerely,

Kirk Goodall
Mars Web Engineer