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Mars Rovers Battle Severe Dust Storm - 07/20/07
As Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter monitors a severe dust storm on Mars, scientists hope the Mars Exploration Rovers will weather the storm.
Meanwhile, they are eager to learn much more from their orbital observations, as large dust storms occur every 5-6 years on Mars.
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Read the status: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter resumed normal operations on July 24, with all instruments operating and gathering data. >>
Read the status: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status
Engineers are gathering and analyzing engineering data to understand the cause of a software error between NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and one of its instruments. >>
Read the status: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into safe mode -- a precautionary status with minimized activities -- on March 14. On March 20, the team brought the spacecraft back out of safe mode. >>
Read the press release: CRISM Uncovering Clues of Martian Surface Composition CRISM Uncovering Clues of Martian Surface Composition
The powerful mineral-detector aboard the newest satellite to circle Mars is changing the way scientists view the history of water on the red planet. >>
Read the press release: NASA Mars Orbiter Sees Effects of Ancient Underground Fluids NASA Mars Orbiter Sees Effects of Ancient Underground Fluids
Liquid or gas flowed through cracks penetrating underground rock on ancient Mars, according to a report based on some of the first observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. >>
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Exposed layers in central Valles Marineris
Aug 28, 2007
Exposed layers in central Valles Marineris
High-resolution version located at the UA HiRISE site.
CRISM Mulitspectral Map of Eastern Candor Chasma
Jun 11, 2007
CRISM Mulitspectral Map of Eastern Candor Chasma
High-resolution version located at the JHU APL CRISM site.
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In this animation, NASA's newest Mars spacecraft, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is providing an unprecedented view of the surface of Mars.
Seeing Mars Better Than Ever
In this animation, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, set against the black of space and the muted orange of Mars, rotates to get into position for imaging.  As the craft turns, the point of view zooms toward the instrument deck, where the viewer gets a close-up view of the context imager.  Then, a rectangular strip of the planet is highlighted, indicating the area that the context imager first imaged.  The remainder of the animation is a pan down the entire first context image (black and white), which features many large and small craters.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Imager Instrument Pointing Simulation
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