MRO: Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits

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MRO: Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits

Post by bystander » Fri Mar 31, 2017 1:49 pm

Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits
NASA | JPL-Caltech | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | 2017 Mar 30
[img3="In early 2017, after more than a decade of observing Mars, the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) surpassed 99 percent coverage of the entire planet. This mosaic shows that global coverage. No other camera has ever imaged so much of Mars in such high resolution. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS"]https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/im ... _hires.jpg[/img3][hr][/hr]
The most data-productive spacecraft yet at Mars swept past its 50,000th orbit this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever accomplished by a camera at the Red Planet.

In addition, the spacecraft -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) -- recently aided preparations for NASA's next mission to Mars, the InSight lander. Insight will launch next year on a mission to study the planet's deep interior. Meanwhile, the orbiter continues diverse science observations of Mars and communications-relay service for two active Mars rovers, Curiosity and Opportunity. ...
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Re: MRO: Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits

Post by neufer » Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:44 pm

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