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NASA is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map

NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter

New Interactive Mosaic Uses NASA Imagery to Show Mars in Vivid Detail

Images Taken from Orbit

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Mars Relay Network

Data Returned 464.756 Terabits

TIME IN ORBIT

Mission
Overview

Artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mission Facts

Mission Status	Currently Operating
Mars Orbit Insertion	March 10, 2006
Launched	August 12, 2005
Launch Site	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

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Mars As Art

The Mars as Art exhibition showcases selected images returned by Mars spacecraft.

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Latest News

November 10, 2023NASA's Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low

read the article 'NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map'

October 26, 2023NASA Is Locating Ice on Mars With This New Map

read the article 'NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter'

April 25, 2023NASA Retires Mineral Mapping Instrument on Mars Orbiter

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