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NASA has recently completed the definition of a new architecture for the exploration of Mars. This paper will present a summary of the new Mars Exploration Program (MEP) architecture, along with a description of the resulting mission queue and science investigations.

In the same way that the launches of Yuri Gagarin and Alan Sheppard in 196 1 announced the beginning of human space flight, recent utilization of robots for space exploration is heralding the start of a new era of space robotics. After a gap of twelve years since the introduction of a new capability in space remote manipulation, five new robotic systems have been launched to explore the solar system in the last five years and more than a dozen more are planned to fly over the next decade.