craft to enter the desired orbit around Mars. Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s primary science phase will be-gin in November 2006 and operate for 2 Earth years, encom-passing a full Mars …

Nov 15, 2024 · Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, aerobraking: NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter dips into the thin Martian atmosphere to adjust its orbit in this artist’s concept illustration.

Extensive information on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter project including an elec-tronic copy of this press kit, press releases, fact sheets, status reports, briefing schedule and images, is …

One of six instruments aboard the agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet's surface. READ MORE

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is the second longest-lived spacecraft to orbit Mars, after 2001 Mars Odyssey.

Aug 12, 2005 · This is a diagram that shows the launch phases for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Odyssey continues its work today, studying clouds, fog, and frost, and mapping surface rocks to make future Mars landings safer, as the orbiter continues to add to its 100,000+ orbits around …

This is the first image of Mars taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The spacecraft began orbiting the red planet on March 10, 2006. During its 10th close …

In particular, determining what sizes of rocks can be seen from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter aids the interpretation of data now being taken to characterize sites for future landers, such as the …

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its launch vehicle are nearing final stages of preparation at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., for a launch opportunity that begins Aug. 10.