session 3A

Title

Mars Exploration – missions current and future

Description

The planet Mars is being explored now and in the coming years with multiple robotic missions from a variety of nations. This session will cover current results from ongoing Mars missions and the designs for proposed Mars missions.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Mr. Vincenzo Giorgio, Thales Alenia Space Italia, Italy;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Pierre W. Bousquet, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France;

• Rapporteur: Mrs. Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy;

• Rapporteur: Ms. Cheryl L.B. Reed, Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States;