QUESTION:  
What is the name of the next mission to Mars and when is NASA planning to
launch it?

ANSWER from Smart Filter on November 14, 1997:
The next scheduled U.S. Mars mission is Mars Surveyor 98 which launches a
Mars orbiting spacecraft on December 10, 1998 and a Mars lander on January
3, 1999.  For more information see the web page at:
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/index.html