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Water on Mars
Looking for evidence of water on the planet Mars, or history of surface water. The Mars Rover mission is now supplying incredible data for analsysis. What would the discovery of water mean to NASA and the space community?
The Mars Global Surveyor circled the red planet for 9 years and 52 days. Longer than any other Mars missions to date. The MGS produced a total of 250,000 images of Mars and contributed some of the most relevant discoveries that served as building blocks of current and future missions. This include:
Before and after images of 2 gullies in Mars that shows new deposits. This is evidence the liquid water still flows on Mars from time to time.
The Infrared spectrometer found traces of...
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The Mars Global Surveyor took thousands of picture of Mars. These pictures were used to identify landing sites for the rovers Opportunity and Spirit. The Mars Global Surveyor is the most successful orbiter by far and provided great details of the Martian surface, weather patterns, atmosphere, water trails etc…
Here are some of the many pictures that the Mars Global Surveyor took.
CHANNELS & VALLEYS
Called Rippley Channel, probably because of its rippled shape.
Inverted Channels
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NASA's next-gen Mars Rover mission has suffered yet another setback:
Development problems and increasing costs are threatening to delay the landing of a nuclear-powered rover on Mars next...
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Will NASA's flagship mission to Mars fly next year? The space agency could decide as early as Friday whether to cancel, delay ...
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A journey of 7.5 miles began with a partial victory lap around "Victoria Crater," as Opportunity headed south toward enormous "Endeavour Crater." Partway around the circuit, Opportunity passed the 7.5-mile mark of the mission.
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LOS ANGELES — The $1.5 billion NASA already has sunk into its next Mars mission could be lost in space if Congress decides to cancel the flight due to cost ...
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The $1.5 billion NASA already has sunk into its next Mars mission could be lost in space if Congress decides to cancel the flight due to cost overruns.
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Opportunity has embarked on the next great challenge -- a journey of 12 km southeast to a huge hole in the ground nicknamed "Endeavour Crater." Measuring 22 km from rim to rim.
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Spirit is poised to begin making more "phone calls" to Earth and engineers are preparing to contact Spirit more frequently as a result of improving solar ...
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Oct. 7, 2008 -- A sophisticated NASA rover slated to blast off to chemically analyze Mars for life may be delayed, modified or canceled due to cost overruns ...
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OriginalArlen writes "NASA's next-generation rover, the nuclear-powered, laser-equipped Mars Science Laboratory is reported to be at a serious risk of cancellation due to budget and schedule overruns, including non-delivery of vital parts by a subcontractor. Costs are running over $2B so far, and...
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By Lewis Page • Get more from this author NASA's plans for a huge, nuclear powered laser-toting robot tank to succeed the present rovers on the surface of ...
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The Mars Science Laboratory, a souped-up Mars rover scheduled to launch next year might be delayed, scaled down or canceled due to technical problems and cost overruns...
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