Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Mars Global Surveyor Preparations
Full Description:
At Launch Complex 17A on Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mars Global Surveyor upper stage booster assembly is being encased in the Delta II payload fairing. Liftoff of the first in a series of U.S. missions to Mars was just days away, with launch preparations proceeding on schedule. Mars Global Surveyor later entered Mars orbit and began a highly successful mission taking high resolution photographs of the Martian surface and making other measurements.
Date:
10/29/1996
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Planet-Mars
Subject Category:
Mars Global Surveyor
Keywords:
II
Keywords:
Surveyor
Keywords:
Mars
Keywords:
Global
Keywords:
Delta
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
10-29-1996
facet_when_year:
1996
Image #:
PL96C-11657.12
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0858
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
PL96C-11657.12
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000858
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Mars Global Surveyor Preparations