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Read the release 'NASA'S Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground'
NASA'S Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground - 06/22/09

Pastel colors swirl across Mars, revealing differences in the composition and nature of the surface in this false-color infrared image.

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Read the release 'Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again' Mars and Earth Activities Aim to Get Spirit Rolling Again
NASA's rover project team is using Spirit and other spacecraft at Mars to find a way for the rover to get dislodged from soft Martian ground. >>
Read the release 'Martian Dust Storm Near South Polar Cap' Martian Dust Storm Near South Polar Cap
This nearly global mosaic of observations made by the Mars Color Imager on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows billowing clouds of dust being lifted into the atmosphere by a storm near the edge of the seasonal polar cap of southern Mars. >>
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Read the release 'Mars, Then and Now' Mars, Then and Now - Antique maps, latest streaming satellite images now viewable with Mars in Google Earth
Today, NASA and Google announce an update to Mars in Google Earth, a 3D mapping tool for the Red Planet. >>
Read the release 'Spacecraft Reboots Successfully' Spacecraft Reboots Successfully
NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's last reboot. >>
Read the release 'Rebooting Postponed' Rebooting Postponed
The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter postponed a planned rebooting of the spacecraft this morning after seeing an unexpected rise in the temperature of a star camera that is part of the navigation system. >>
Read the release 'Flight Team to Check Status of Backup System' Flight Team to Check Status of Backup System
The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption. >>
Read the release 'Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans' Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Oceans
An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new evidence for the controversial idea that oceans once covered about a third of ancient Mars. >>
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Dunes
August 24, 2009
Dunes
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Screenshot from the movie 'Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 - Close'
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Flight Through Mariner Valley
Watch the video 'An Odyssey of Exploration'
An Odyssey of Exploration
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