Mars Exploration Program

NASA's Mars Exploration Program coordinates robotic investigations of Mars through orbiters, landers, rovers, scientific research, and enabling technologies. Its science-driven goals include searching for potential life, understanding the planet's geology and climate, and preparing for human exploration. The programme also invests in capabilities such as mobility, communications, and entry, descent, and landing technologies for future missions. It is a continuing scientific and technology portfolio, rather than one spacecraft or an assurance that planned missions will fly.