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Tag Archives: Context Camera
HiRISE: Formations in context (Or, what is it?)
Some HiRISE images show strange-looking formations. Sometimes it helps to look at Context Camera images to understand the circumstances of a scene—like this cutout from CTX 033783_1509—which here shows an impact crater with a central peak, and a collapse depression … Continue reading
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Tagged central peaks, Context Camera, CTX, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impact craters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter preps aging hardware, instruments for extended operation
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has begun extra stargazing to help the space agency accomplish advances in Mars exploration over the next decade. The spacecraft already has worked more than double its planned mission life since launch in 2005. NASA … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, Context Camera, CRISM, CTX, HiRISE, igh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Climate Sounder, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MCS, MRO, MSSS, NASA, Shallow Radar, SHARAD, University of Arizona
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MRO completes 50,000 orbits
The most data-productive spacecraft yet at Mars swept past its 50,000th orbit this week, continuing to compile the most sharp-eyed global coverage ever accomplished by a camera at the Red Planet. In addition, the spacecraft — NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter … Continue reading
HiRISE: Cluster of recent impacts
The dark spots in this enhanced-color infrared image are the recent impact craters that occurred in the Tharsis region between 2008 and 2014. These impact craters were first discovered by the Mars Context Camera (or CTX, also onboard the Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged Context Camera, CTX, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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MRO spots Schiaparelli impact scar, parachute
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified new markings on the surface of the Red Planet that are believed to be related to ESA’s ExoMars Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing technology demonstrator module. Schiaparelli entered the martian atmosphere at 14:42 GMT … Continue reading
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Tagged Context Camera, CTX, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Meridiani Planum, MRO, NASA, Roscosmos, Schiaparelli lander, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter, University of Arizona
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Hunting ice cap ‘spiders’ through citizen science
Ten thousand volunteers viewing images of Martian south polar regions have helped identify targets for closer inspection, yielding new insights about seasonal slabs of frozen carbon dioxide and erosional features known as “spiders.” From the comfort of home, the volunteers … Continue reading
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Tagged Context Camera, CTX, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, south polar ice cap, spiders, University of Arizona
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Mars Human Exploration Zone CTX image-maps
We [the US Geological Survey] have created 39 regional semi-controlled CTX mosaics at 5m/pixel for the 2015 proposed Mars Human Exploration zones. They are individually available for download in GeoTiff format from the “Online Linkage” tag below. Cosmetically, mosaics will … Continue reading
Rise and fall of Martian lakes
There is a wealth of evidence, collected over the past few decades, suggesting liquid water was abundant in the early history of Mars. However, the size, evolution, and duration of standing bodies of water such as lakes on Mars’ surface … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantis Chaos, Caralis Chaos, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, Context Camera, CRISM, CTX, DLR, Eridania Lake, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HiRISE, HRSC, lakes, Mars Express, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MEX, MRO, NASA, open-basin lakes, Simois Colles, University of Arizona
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Help wanted: categorizing south polar features
Science-team members for NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are soliciting help from the public to analyze exotic features near the south pole of Mars. By categorizing features visible in images from the orbiter’s Context Camera (CTX), volunteers are using their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Context Camera, CTX, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, south polar ice cap, south polar region, University of Arizona
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Are brines actually needed to make recurring slope lineae flow?
Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are finger-like dark lines on steep slopes that appear and grow longer during the warmest time of year, then fade and disappear over winter. They repeat the following Mars year in the same places. While scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, climate, climate change, Context Camera, CTX, HiRISE, ice, lineae, LPSC 2013, Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, recurring slope lineae, RSL, TES, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Thermal Emission Spectrometer, water
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