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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at Martian South Pole
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at Martian South Pole
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes over the planet's south polar region in this artist's concept illustration.
NASA plans to launch this multipurpose spacecraft in August 2005 to advance our understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions.
The orbiter's shallow radar experiment, one of six science instruments on board, is designed to probe the internal structure of Mars' polar ice caps, as well as to gather information planet-wide about underground layers of ice, rock and, perhaps, liquid water that might be accessible from the surface.
Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, appears in the upper left corner of the illustration
*Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes over the planet's south polar region in this artist's concept illustration.
NASA plans to launch this multipurpose spacecraft in August 2005 to advance our understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions.
The orbiter's shallow radar experiment, one of six science instruments on board, is designed to probe the internal structure of Mars' polar ice caps, as well as to gather information planet-wide about underground layers of ice, rock and, perhaps, liquid water that might be accessible from the surface.
Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, appears in the upper left corner of the illustration
*Image Credit*: NASA/JPL
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12.10.2003
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Solar System Exploration
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Solar System Exploration
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SSE
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Space
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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JPL
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Planets
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Planets
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Mars
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Mars
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Polar
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Polar
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Mars
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Mars
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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August 2005
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August 2005
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12-10-2003
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12-10-2003
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2003
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2003
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2005
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2005
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SPD-SLRSY-2208
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