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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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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELOS | Distance driven | Goal: 50 km (31 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Landing date | 2025 | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Landing mass | EDM (sky crane): 909 kg (2,004 lb) Rover: 150 kg (330 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Landing site | Valles Marineris or Marte Vallis | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Launch date | 2024 (proposed) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Manufacturer | JAXA | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Mission duration | Nominal: 68 sols Desired extension: 1 Mars year | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Mission type | Technology demonstrator | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Names | Mars Explorations with Landers and Orbiters (2008) Mars Exploration of Life and Organism Search (2015) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Operator | JAXA | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Payload mass | 15 kg (33 lb) | 1.00 | infobox |
| MELOS | Power | Solar panels (1.5 m²) Battery: 720 Wh | 1.00 | infobox |
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