BY MONEYCONTROL NEWS 17 MAY, 2024
NASA satellite, Sojourner, spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission in July 1997 exploring the Martian terrain, acquiring images, and taking chemical, atmospheric and other measurements.
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At the time this picture was obtained, the martian northern hemisphere was in the midst of the early Spring season.
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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows an old meteor impact crater that was once buried and was then partially-exhumed from within the layered rocks on the floor of a much larger crater in eastern Arabia Terra.
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This view shows the ground covered in the first image of Mars taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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A long duration rover (mobile scientific laboratory) equipped to perform many scientific studies of Mars was launched in November 2011.
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June 24th marked the first full Martian year of the Curiosity Rover's exploration of the surface of the Red Planet. That's 687 Earth days or 669 sols since its landing on August 5, 2012.
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At the pictured site on Mars, the robotic rover Curiosity drilled into two rocks and found the highest concentration of clay yet.
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Webb’s first images of Mars, captured by its NIRCam instrument Sept. 5, 2022.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera. Mastcam-Z is a pair of cameras located high on the rover's mast.
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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). The camera is located high on the rover's mast and aids in driving.
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