Mars Global Surveyor
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NASA orbiter that imaged Opportunity landing site
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentJo SteerSleepy History · The Mars Missions: Could There Be Life on the Red Planet? · 34:41 · 30 Aug
…That's when NASA launched the Mars Global Surveyor.…
Alex McColganAstrum Space · How Opportunity Shocked NASA Scientists · 1:48 · Mar 2025
…Having launched on a Delta II heavy spacecraft, Opportunity landed on the other side of Mars from its sister rover Spirit, about three weeks after Spirit had already landed. Opportunity used a parachute to slow itself on its descent, and fired some rockets just before it landed. The effects of the rocket firing are evident from this lighter patch of ground,…
Unknown SpeakerAstrum Space · Why These Rocks on Mars Shocked NASA Scientists the Most · 2:33:28 · Jan 2025
…So much so that NASA scientists felt it important to go back to the area and image the location a second time. They did so in 1998, and again in 2001 with the Mars Global Surveyor. We now have high-rise images of the location. Thanks to the much better cameras available on these newer orbiters, the true dimensions of the face on Mars could be mapped out muc…
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