mapping the surface off the planet and run a safety check for future astronauts, Odyssey had completed all its' tasks. Then the spacecraft continued to orbit mars so it could help scientist learn more
If you're ready to make the Red Planet part of your curriculum, see below for a galaxy of great ideas. A good place to start isLive >From Mars, a Passport to Knowledge site for K-12 teachers and students. Think of Mars lesson planning as a long-range project: Surveyor is the first...
Insertion of magnets into the structure was done with the aluminum structure lying on a sheet of Teflon on a magnetizable steel plate in order to stabilize the magnets in the bottom of their individual cavities. This held the magnets gently in place and prevented them from moving out of the...