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New Martian Views From Orbiting Camera Show Diversity
New images from more than 750 recent observations of Mars by an orbiting telescopic camera testify to the diversity of landscapes there.
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NASA Mars Spacecraft Snaps Photos Chosen by Public
The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has returned the first pictures of locations on the Red Planet suggested by the public.
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Mars Dunes: On the Move?
Mars has diversity. In at least one area, Martian sand dunes are actively migrating. In another, they have been stationary for 100,000 years.
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NASA Mars Orbiter Speeds Past Data Milestone
NASA's newest Mars orbiter has passed a data-volume milestone unimaginable a generation ago and still difficult to fathom - 100 terabits.
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Radar Map of Buried Martian Ice Adds to Climate Record
Extensive radar mapping of the middle-latitude region of northern Mars shows that thick masses of buried ice are quite common beneath protective coverings of rubble.
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Enhanced 3D Model of Mars Crater Edge Shows Ups and Downs
A dramatic 3D Mars view based on terrain modeling from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data shows "highs and lows" of Mojave Crater.
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Layers in a Mars Crater Record a History of Changes
Hundreds of exposed rock layers near the center of a Martian crater reveal a record of major environmental changes on Mars billions of years ago.
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Public Invited To Pick Pixels on Mars
Scientists Taking Suggestions on Where to Image the Red Planet Using NASA Satellite
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Resumes Observations
Researchers are receiving new science data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter after the spacecraft's six science instruments resumed observations today.
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Deposits in Martian Trough Point to Complex Hydrological Past
Variations in composition of light-toned deposits in troughs on Mars suggest a diversity of water-related processes, based on analysis of observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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Spacecraft Out of Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter today has been taken out of the precautionary "safe mode" it had been in since August.
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Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files
The team operating NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plans to uplink protective files to the spacecraft next week as one step toward resuming the orbiter's research and relay activities.
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MRO Sees Ice on Mars Exposed by Meteor Impacts
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed frozen water hiding just below the surface of mid-latitude Mars.
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Radar Map of Buried Mars Layers Matches Climate Cycles
New, three-dimensional imaging of Martian north-polar ice layers by a radar instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is consistent with theoretical models of Martian climate swings during the past few million years.
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Preventive Care Continues; Science on Hold
During analysis of four safe-mode events this year, engineers for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have identified a vulnerability to the effects of subsequent events.
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Thousands of New Images Show Mars in High Resolution
Thousands of newly released images from more than 1,500 telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a wide range of gullies, dunes, craters, geological layering and other features on the Red Planet.
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Orbiter in Safe Mode Increases Communication Rate
Engineers for NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project have stepped up the communication rate being received from the orbiter as an early step in the process of determining why the spacecraft spontaneously rebooted its computer on Aug. 26
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Mars Orbiter Puts Itself in Safe Mode Again
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter put itself into a safe mode Wednesday morning, Aug. 26, for the fourth time this year, while maintaining spacecraft health and communications.
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Mars Orbiter Shows Angled View of Martian Crater
The high-resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned a dramatic oblique view of the Martian crater that a rover explored for two years.
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Science Operations Resume
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been restored to full operations, making intensive science observations of Mars, four days after it unexpectedly switched to its backup computer.