While the channel features are similar to water flow, other features are similar to lava flows, and yet other features have an appearance of slabs of material that floated on an underlying fluid. This is just one of the complex channel formations in the Elysium Planitia region. Orbit Number: Latitude: 7. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter.
A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet. Satellites always orbit a planet's Mars Gravity Map. Dunes and dust devil tracks in Planum Chronium.
If a meteorite breaks in two shortly before hitting the ground, the typical bowl shape of a single impact crater becomes doubled. Ius Chasma is unique from the other chasmata of Valles Marineris in possessing mega gullies on both sides of the chasma. Investigating Mars: Ius Chasma. This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft north of the crater.
Oblique view of Gale Crater from the North Unannotated. Wind shadow and real shadow combine to give a striking image of a comet. This mosaic of infrared images shows the abundance and location of hematite at Opportunity's landing site, Meridiani Planum. On Earth, hematite is a mineral that typically forms in water.
Past, Present, Future, Timeline. October 30, - April 3, Seattle, WA. October 30, - March 15, Downey, CA. October 30, - March 15, Hazard, KY. Lifting the veil on Mars. Expanding our robotic presence. Setting the stage for human exploration. The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, is a technology demonstration to test powered flight on another world for the first time. Once Perseverance lands, see the latest images the rover sends back. Vote for your favorite to become "Image of the Week.
If you sent your name on the Mars rover, find your boarding pass here! To discover the possibilities for life on Mars--past, present or our own in the future--the Mars Program has developed an exploration strategy known as "Follow the Water.
Following the water begins with an understanding of the current environment on Mars. We want to explore observed features like dry riverbeds, ice in the polar caps and rock types that only form when water is present.
We want to look for hot springs, hydrothermal vents or subsurface water reserves. We want to understand if ancient Mars once held a vast ocean in the northern hemisphere as some scientists believe and how Mars may have transitioned from a more watery environment to the dry and dusty climate it has today. Searching for these answers means delving into the planet's geologic and climate history to find out how, when and why Mars underwent dramatic changes to become the forbidding, yet promising, planet we observe today.
To pursue these goals, all of our future missions will be driven by rigorous scientific questions that will continuously evolve as we make new discoveries. Brand new technologies will enable us to explore Mars in ways we never have before, resulting in higher-resolution images, precision landings, longer-ranging surface mobility and even the return of Martian soil and rock samples for studies in laboratories here on Earth.
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