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Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
July 14, 2009
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, nearing the 10th anniversary of its arrival at Mars, used its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera to obtain this view of an area with unus...
For a Decade Orbiting Mars: One Recent View
The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter got its best view yet of the agency's InSight lander on Sept. 23, 2019.
The Best View of InSight
NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT).
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
These images from orbit show an area near Mars' south pole where coalescing or elongated pits are interpreted as signs that an underlying deposit of frozen carbon dioxide, or "dry ice," has been sh...
Pitting from Sublimation of Underlying Dry-Ice Layer
This image acquired on February 7, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Mawrth Vallis, a place on Mars that has fascinated scientists because of the clays and other hydrated minerals de...
Colorful Mawrth Vallis
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Jim Graf hugs Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Dr. Charles Elachi after a successful orbit insertion on March 10, 2006.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Team Members Celebrate Orbit Insertion Success
This comparison of before-and-after images shows two spots that likely appeared in connection with the Oct. 19, 2016, Mars arrival of the European Space Agency's Schiaparelli test lander. The image...
Signs of Schiaparelli Test Lander Seen From Orbit
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows spider-like formations at the Martian South Pole. They form when heating from the springtime Sun causes carbon dioxide beneath the surface t...
Jamming with the 'Spiders' from Mars
This map traces where NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove between landing at a site subsequently named "Bradbury Landing," and the position reached during the mission's 130th Martian day, or sol, (De...
Curiosity Traverse Map, Sol 130
This cliff is the site of the most frequent frost avalanches seen by HiRISE. These avalanches remind us, along with active sand dunes, dust devils, slope streaks and recurring slope lineae, that ...
Avalanche Ho!
With the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) instrument just above his head, a technician at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center works on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft...
Spectrometer for Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this series of false-color pictures of sand dunes in the north polar region of Mars.
Thawing 'Dry Ice' Drives Groovy Action on Mars
This image (top) taken by the Shallow Radar instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals the layers of ice, sand and dust that make up the north polar ice cap on Mars
What Lies Below a Martian Ice Cap
This map traces where NASA's Mars rover Curiosity drove between landing at a site subsequently named "Bradbury Landing," and the position reached during the mission's 123rd Martian day, or sol, (De...
Curiosity Traverse Map, Sol 123
This March 20, 2014, image from the MARCI camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has a dark spot (at center of inscribed rectangle) noticed while the image was being examined for a weather re...
Impact Scar Detected in Mars Weathercam Image (Unannotated)
These two images taken by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) show Mars' two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, as seen from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's low orbit ar...
CRISM Views Phobos and Deimos
Mysterious features on slopes hint there could be water flows on Mars.
Possible Water Flows on Mars
This area at the base of Mount Sharp on Mars includes a pale outcrop, called "Pahrump Hills," that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover investigated from September 2014 to March 2015, and the "Artist's Driv...
Curiosity Heading Away from 'Pahrump Hills'
This area of Mars is shaped by lava flows from volcanic eruptions.
Flow and Flow Features in Amazonis Planitia
This map indicates geological units in the region of Mars around a smaller area where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven from early 2004 through late 2010.
Geologic Setting of Opportunity Traverse and Meridiani Planum
This artist's animation shows how orbiters over Mars will monitor the landing of NASA's Curiosity rover. (No audio)
Great Convergence of Spacecraft around Mars
This image shows part of Ladon Vallis that is located within Ladon basin.
Light-Toned Layered Rock Outcrop in Ladon Valles (3-D)
This image shows layered sedimentary rocks and ripples that fill and surround an impact crater in Meridiani Planum, an equatorial region where the rover Opportunity has been exploring the Martian s...
Crater in Meridiani Planum (2.3 N, 2.6 W) [3-D]
This oblique view with moderate vertical exaggeration shows the portion of the rim of Endeavour crater given the informal name "Spirit Point." This is the location where the team operating NASA's ...
Opportunity's First Goal at Endeavour Crater: 'Spirit Point'
This image acquired on September 18, 2018 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows araneiform terrain (colloquially: spider-like terrain) located in the south polar region of Mars.
The Enduring Charm of Martian Spiders
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NASA's Opportunity Mars rover mission is complete after 15 years on Mars. Opportunity's record-breaking exploration laid the groundwork for future missions to the Red Planet.
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In deploying its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, the lander completes a major mission milestone.
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