NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter put itself into a safe standby mode on Saturday, Nov. 28, and the team operating the spacecraft has begun implementing careful steps designed to resume Odyssey's science and relay operations within about a week.
NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit.
11.17.08 - Mapping of potassium, thorium and iron concentrations on Mars provides evidence for a controversial idea that oceans covered about a third of ancient Mars.
Bright blue marks a deposit of chloride (salt) minerals in the southern highlands of Mars in this false-color image, which highlights mineral composition differences.
This image provides higher-resolution views of a site where another observation indicates the presence of chloride salt deposits.
This image shows a possible cave skylight informally called "Annie," which has a diameter about double the length of a football field.
Seven very dark holes on the north slope of a Martian volcano have been proposed as possible cave skylights.