In its final “science orbit”, the spacecraft will circle the planet at a distance of 255 to 320 kilometres above the surface.From there, the team expects HiRISE will capture surface details smaller than 1 metr
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Photos captured in late October by NASA'sMars Reconnaissance Orbiter(MRO) showInSightresting on the Martian surface. While no longer active, the rover is providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time in the region. "Even though we're no longer hearing from ...
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently passed its 15th anniversary leaving Earth behind to observe the red planet, and NASA is celebrating by recapping some of the robot's best images.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO for short, is being readied for sendoff next year. The huge spacecraft carries a suite of instruments, including a camera system able to provide ultra-close-up images of Mars' surface, and a sounder to probe for water that might linger subsurface...
select article A new numerical model of the HF antenna of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (MRO) Shallow Radar (SHARAD) and first results from a test at a high-angle spacecraft roll Research articleOpen access A new numerical model of the HF antenna of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s ...
Zhurong and its landing site captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The green specks are the lander and rover.Credit: NASA/JPL/UArizona China’s Zhurong rover has been snapped by powerful cameras aboard several spacecraft circling Mars. One of the images — a high-resolution colour sh...
This newly releasedMarsReconnaissance Orbiter image shows the location with the most impressive known gully activity in Mars’ northern hemisphere. Gullies are active in the winter due to carbon dioxide frost, but northern winters are shorter and warmer than southern winters, so there is less fros...
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark streaks on the walls of Garni Crater on Mars. Astronomers believe these recurring streaks are formed by the flow of briny liquid water on Mars. Dark narrow streaks, called “recurring slope lineae,” emanate from the walls of ...
The Mars ReconnaissanceOrbiter(MRO) snapped images of the lander, its heat shield and its parachute on the planet's surface.NASA shared the viewson Thursday. The shots come from the MRO's HiRise camera, which has given us a bevy ofMars beauty photosover the years. ...