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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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Mars: A Journey's End
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Mars: A Journey's End
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Mars Pathfinder [ http://mars.sgi.com…] is nearing the end of its 7 month journey. The robot spacecraft is scheduled to use parachutes, rockets, and airbags [ http://mpfwww.arc.n…] to "bouncedown" on the red planet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] tomorrow - July 4th [ http://www.csusm.ed…]. This Hubble Space Telescope image of Mars [ http://oposite.stsc…] was taken a few days ago to check on the weather. The pathfinder landing site [ http://mars.sgi.com…], on the ancient floodplain Ares Vallis, is just right of center - 500 miles southeast of where Viking 1 landed [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in 1976. Along with the martian north polar cap [ http://oposite.stsc…], some water ice clouds are visible in both the northern and southern hemisphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. About 600 miles south of the landing site a dust storm can be seen as a brownish ribbon stretching through the the Valles Marineris, a continent sized canyon system. Fortunately, the dust storm is not expected to seriously affect operations at the landing site.
Explanation
Mars Pathfinder [ http://mars.sgi.com…] is nearing the end of its 7 month journey. The robot spacecraft is scheduled to use parachutes, rockets, and airbags [ http://mpfwww.arc.n…] to "bouncedown" on the red planet [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] tomorrow - July 4th [ http://www.csusm.ed…]. This Hubble Space Telescope image of Mars [ http://oposite.stsc…] was taken a few days ago to check on the weather. The pathfinder landing site [ http://mars.sgi.com…], on the ancient floodplain Ares Vallis, is just right of center - 500 miles southeast of where Viking 1 landed [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] in 1976. Along with the martian north polar cap [ http://oposite.stsc…], some water ice clouds are visible in both the northern and southern hemisphere [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. About 600 miles south of the landing site a dust storm can be seen as a brownish ribbon stretching through the the Valles Marineris, a continent sized canyon system. Fortunately, the dust storm is not expected to seriously affect operations at the landing site. Explanation
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1976
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1976
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Mars
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Mars
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Colorado
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Colorado
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
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Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C.
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Mars
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Mars
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MPF
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MPF
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Mars Pathfinder
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Mars Pathfinder
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Viking
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Viking
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Polar
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Polar
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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1976
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1976
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SPD-APOD-ap970703
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SPD-APOD-ap970703
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