Mars Explorations with Landers and Orbiters (2008) Mars Exploration of Life and Organism Search (2015)
Mission type
Technology demonstrator
Operator
JAXA
Mission duration
Nominal: 68 sols Desired extension: 1 Mars year
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
JAXA
Landing mass
EDM (sky crane): 909 kg (2,004 lb) Rover: 150 kg (330 lb)
Payload mass
15 kg (33 lb)
Power
Solar panels (1.5 m²) Battery: 720 Wh[1]
Start of mission
Launch date
2024 (proposed)[1]
Mars rover
Landing date
2025
Landing site
Valles Marineris or Marte Vallis
Distance driven
Goal: 50 km (31 mi)
MELOS (Mars Exploration of Life and Organism Search) is a Japanese rover mission concept under study for an engineering demonstration of precision landing, and to look for possible biosignatures on Mars using a rover. JAXA has not published updates since 2015.
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