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Camera on NASA Mars Odyssey Tops Decade of Discovery

NASA's Mars Odyssey, the longest-working spacecraft ever sent to Mars, has now been sending home images for 10 years.

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Artist concept of NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter with actual images taken by the spacecraft.

NASA's Odyssey Spacecraft Sets Exploration Record

NASA's Mars Odyssey, which launched in 2001, will break the record Wednesday for longest-serving spacecraft at the Red Planet.

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Three images of Mars taken by a camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter

Odyssey Orbiter Nears Martian Longevity Record

By the middle of next week, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will have worked longer at Mars than any other spacecraft in history.

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Mars Odyssey Project Manager Gaylon McSmith, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Long-Lived Mars Odyssey Gets New Project Manager

The new project manager for the longest-working spacecraft currently active at Mars, NASA's Mars Odyssey, has a long track record himself.

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NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map

A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever.

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    Orbiter Puts Itself Into Standby Safe Mode

    NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Wednesday, July 14, and the mission team has begun steps designed to resume the spacecraft's science and relay operations.

  • volcano named Pavonis Mons on Mars

    Seventh Graders Find a Cave on Mars

    California middle school students using the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter have found lava tubes with one pit that appears to be a skylight to a cave.

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