Mars Observer Project Management and Quarterly Review Reports Collection, 1983-1991.

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Mars Observer Project Management and Quarterly Review Reports Collection, 1983-1991.

The collection includes ten quarterly review and thirty-seven project management reports of the Mars Observer project from 1983-1991. The review documents for the fiscal years 1984-1986 are parts of JPL document D-1642-2; those for 1988-1991 are parts of JPL documents D-1104 and D-1167. The quarterly review documents describe the objectives of the review board 's approach in planning the mission, technical studies, establishing the project organization structure and defining and submitting each FY project plan and on-going activities for the mission to the project management board. The project management reports describe the project organization, work structure, and the planning, meetings and reviewing of the significant events and project milestones. File titles were retained as found, along with dates and document numbers. Folder arrangement follows the chronological order of the items.

1.2 cubic ft. (47 folders).

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). Mars Observer Project Management Team.

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