Recently published papers:

Science Comprehensive mapping of spectral classes in the imager for Mars Pathfinder Super Pan William H. Farrand, Erzsébet Merényi, Jeffrey R. Johnson and James F. Bell III July 11, 2008

Technology Extracting scientific results from robotic arm support operations: A technique for estimating the density and composition of rocks on Mars Bradley J. Thomson, Peter H. Schultz and Nathan T. Bridges July 3, 2008

Technology The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter dataset: Limitations and improvements Sanjoy M. Som, Harvey M. Greenberg and David R. Montgomery June 11, 2008

Journal Update:

The Mars Journal is a new, peer-reviewed online open access scholarly journal that is published formally as "Mars, The International Journal of Mars Science and Exploration". The Mars Journal publishes peer-reviewed scholarly papers in three general categories:

   Mars Science: Observations, data, theory, models, and reviews of scientific literature
   Mars Technology: Instruments, spacecraft, missions, tools and techniques, and software
   Mars Policy: Exploration strategy, economics, planetary protection, history, and commentary

Chief Editor:	David A. Paige
Associate Editors:	Oded Aharonson, Sushil Atreya, Roger Bourke, Alberto Fairén, François Forget, Jeffrey Plescia, Margaret Race and Donald Rapp
Assistant Editor:	Carey Tanner
Web Programmer:	Mark Sullivan
Publisher:	Mars Informatics Inc.
ISSN:	1548-1921