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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
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Spirit Rover on Mars Imaged from Orbit
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Spirit Rover on Mars Imaged from Orbit
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If you have the right equipment, you can see the Spirit rover currently rolling across Mars. The right equipment, however, is currently limited to the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment [ http://hirise.lpl.a…] onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [ http://en.wikipedia…] (MRO). MRO arrived at Mars [ http://www.nineplan…] in March and just started science observations of the red planet last month. Visible in the above spectacularly high resolution image [ http://photojournal…] is the Spirit rover [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the Columbia Hills [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of Mars. Objects as small as one meter are resolved. Also visible are the tracks made by the robot explorer and a large plateau of layered rock dubbed Home Plate [ http://www.marsdail…]. MRO will continue to image the red planet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in unprecedented detail, creating images that will likely be important in better understanding the geology and weather on Mars, as well as indicating good candidate landing sites for future missions [ http://mars.jpl.nas…] to Mars.
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If you have the right equipment, you can see the Spirit rover currently rolling across Mars. The right equipment, however, is currently limited to the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment [ http://hirise.lpl.a…] onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter [ http://en.wikipedia…] (MRO). MRO arrived at Mars [ http://www.nineplan…] in March and just started science observations of the red planet last month. Visible in the above spectacularly high resolution image [ http://photojournal…] is the Spirit rover [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in the Columbia Hills [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] of Mars. Objects as small as one meter are resolved. Also visible are the tracks made by the robot explorer and a large plateau of layered rock dubbed Home Plate [ http://www.marsdail…]. MRO will continue to image the red planet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in unprecedented detail, creating images that will likely be important in better understanding the geology and weather on Mars, as well as indicating good candidate landing sites for future missions [ http://mars.jpl.nas…] to Mars. Explanation
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Mars
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Arizona
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Mars
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Spirit
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MRO
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Columbia
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High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
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High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
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SPD-APOD-ap061206
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SPD-APOD-ap061206
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