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How to Take a Picture of a Spacecraft Landing
2008-05-26
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This artist's animation shows how NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to snap a picture of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it parachuted down to the surface of Mars.
The purple lines shows Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's field of view.
The image of Phoenix on its parachute was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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