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Mars Mineral Mapper Ready for Action

09.27.06

Mars Mineral Mapper Ready for Action

artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

The mineral-mapping instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully removed its lens cover and is ready to start observing the planet. The cover protected the lens of the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars while the spacecraft was shrinking its orbit by repeatedly dipping into Mars' atmosphere.

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