Editing Mars Observer (section)

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="Astronautix">{{cite web
| url= http://www.astronautix.com/m/marsobserver.html
| title= Mars Observer
| author1= Mark Wade
| website= Encyclopedia Astronautica 
| access-date= 23 December 2010 }}
</ref>

<ref name="commloss">{{cite news 
| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/23/us/nasa-loses-communication-with-mars-observer.html
| title= NASA Loses Communication With Mars Observer
| access-date= 17 June 2008
| author1= John Noble Wilford
| date= 23 August 1993
| newspaper= [[The New York Times]] }}
</ref>

<ref name="iiboard">{{cite press release
| url= http://www.msss.com/mars/observer/project/mo_loss/nasa_mo_loss.txt
| title= NASA Mars Observer Failure Board Press Release
| format= Text 
| date= 4 January 1994 }}
</ref>

<ref name="launch">{{cite news
| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/26/us/us-launches-a-spacecraft-on-a-mars-trip.html
| title= U.S. Launches A Spacecraft On a Mars Trip
| access-date= 21 June 2008
| author1= John Noble Wilford
| date= 26 September 1992
| newspaper= [[The New York Times]] }}
</ref>

<ref name="MOArrivalPressKit">{{cite press release
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| date= August 1993
| format= Text
| title= Mars Observer: Mars Orbit Insertion Press Kit 
| url= http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/Solar.System/Mars.Observer/Press.Kit.Orbit.Insertion
| access-date= 21 March 2011
| url-status= unfit
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040216034435/http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/Solar.System/Mars.Observer/Press.Kit.Orbit.Insertion 
| archive-date= 16 February 2004 }}
</ref>

<ref name="MOLaunchPressKit">{{cite press release
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| date= September 1992
| format= Text
| title= MARS OBSERVER PRESS KIT
| url= http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/Solar.System/Mars.Observer/Press.Kit
| access-date= 21 March 2011
| url-status= unfit
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20040216034435/http://spacelink.nasa.gov/NASA.Projects/Space.Science/Solar.System/Mars.Observer/Press.Kit
| archive-date= 16 February 2004 }}
</ref>

<ref name="MOObjectives">{{cite journal
| author1= Arden L. Albee
| date= 1988
| title= Workshop on Mars Sample Return Science
| pages= 25–29
| publisher= Lunar and Planetary Institute 
| bibcode= 1988msrs.work...25A
| journal= In Lunar and Planetary Institute }}
</ref>

<ref name="MOSafetyReview">{{cite press release
| publisher= RCA Astro-Electronics
| date= 17 November 1986
| title= MARS OBSERVER: PHASE 0 SAFETY REVIEW DATA PACKAGE
| hdl= 2060/19870011586 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDC">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1992-063A
| title= Mars Observer
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 23 December 2010 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCGRS">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-02
| title= Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCMAGER">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-03
| title= Magnetometer and Electron Reflectometer (MAG/ER)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCMBR">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-08
| title= Mars Balloon Relay (MBR)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCMOC">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-07
| title= Mars Observer Camera (MOC)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCMOLA">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-04
| title= Mars Observer Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCPMIRR">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-05
| title= Pressure Modulator Infrared Radiometer (PMIRR)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCRS">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-01
| title= Radio Science (RS)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="NSSDCTES">{{cite web
| url= https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1992-063A-06
| title= Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES)
| website= nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
| publisher= [[NASA]]
| access-date= 19 February 2011 }}
</ref>

<ref name="Return">{{cite press release
| publisher= [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]
| date= 1 August 1993
| title= Return to the Red Planet: The Mars Observer Mission
| hdl= 2014/27541 }}
</ref>

<ref name="science1">{{cite journal
| author1= M. Mitchell Waldrop
| date= 1987
| title= Company Offers To Buy NASA A Rocket
| journal= [[Science (journal)|Science]]
| volume= 235
| issue= 4796
| pages= 1568
| publisher= [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] 
| jstor= 1698285
| bibcode= 1987Sci...235.1568W
| doi= 10.1126/science.235.4796.1568a
| pmid= 17795582 }}
</ref>

<ref name="scinews1">{{cite journal
| author1= Jonathon Eberhart
| date= 1986
| title= NASA Sets Sensors for 1990 Return to Mars
| journal= Science News
| volume= 239
| issue= 21
| pages= 330
| publisher= Society for Science & the Public
| jstor= 3970693
| doi= 10.2307/3970693 }}
</ref>

<ref name="scinews2">{{cite journal
| author1= Jonathon Eberhart
| date= 1988
| title= An Act of Discovery: On the Road Again
| journal= Science News
| volume= 134
| issue= 15
| pages= 231
| publisher= Society for Science & the Public
| jstor= 3973010
| doi= 10.2307/3973010 }}
</ref>

<ref name=sep20180821>{{cite web
| url= https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2018/08/5000-pound-spacecraft-inexplicably-disappeared/
| title= When a 5,000-Pound Spacecraft Inexplicably Disappeared 
| work= Saturday Evening Post
| author1= Troy Brownfield
| date= 21 August 2018
| access-date= 3 March 2021 }}
</ref>

<ref name=strategy9520>{{cite web
| author1= Donna Shirley
| title= Mars Exploration Program Strategy: 1995–2020
| url= http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/23620/1/96-0064.pdf
| publisher= [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]]
| access-date= 18 October 2012
| url-status= dead
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130511200249/http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/23620/1/96-0064.pdf
| archive-date= 11 May 2013 }}
</ref>

<ref name="trash">{{cite news
| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/28/us/mishap-delays-mission-to-mars.html
| title= Mishap Delays Mission to Mars
| access-date= 21 June 2008
| author1= John Noble Wilford
| date= 28 August 1992
| newspaper= [[The New York Times]] }}
</ref>

}}