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Mission News
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Mars Orbiter Resumes Science Observations
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining Mars again with its scientific instruments after successfully transitioning out of a precautionary standby mode triggered by an unexpected June 3 rebooting of its computer.
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Rebooting Resembles February Event
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is in safe mode and in communications with Earth after an unexpected rebooting of its computer.
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Orbiter Resumes Normal Science Operations
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has fully recovered from an unexpected computer re-set last week and resumed its scientific investigation of Mars.
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Orbiter Puts Itself into Precautionary Mode
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter unexpectedly rebooted its computer Monday morning, Feb. 23, and put itself into a limited-activity mode that is an automated safety response.
Mission Features
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New Views of Martian Moon and Surface
03.09.09 - New images from two observations of the Martian moon Deimos and more than 600 observations of Mars, acquired by the high-resolution camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, became available for viewing Monday.
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Fractured Lavas Suggest Floods on Mars →
02.25.09 - Images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a type of rock fracturing that here on Earth is caused by rapid cooling of lava.