Tag Archives: Indian Space Research Organization

Mars Orbiter Mission: Phobos in motion

Posted on October 15, 2014 by rburnham

Did you see that? It moved! Oh, it’s just Phobos.  [Flash animation at link]

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Mars Orbiter Mission: New global image

Posted on October 9, 2014 by rburnham

October 7, 2014: Another full disc image of Mars, taken by the Mars Color Camera, from an altitude of 66,543 km. Dark region towards south of the cloud formation is Elysium – the second largest volcanic province on Mars.

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US, India to collaborate on Earth, Mars missions

Posted on October 1, 2014 by rburnham

In a meeting [Sept 30]  in Toronto, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K. Radhakrishnan, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), signed two documents to launch a NASA-ISRO satellite mission to observe Earth and establish a pathway for future … Continue reading →

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Mars Orbiter Mission: Anaglyph Mars

Posted on September 30, 2014 by rburnham

Red/blue anaglyph instructions at the image link. For flight updates and info, see also the main mission page, Facebook, and Twitter.

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Mars Orbiter Mission: Something’s brewing here

Posted on September 29, 2014 by rburnham
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Mars Orbiter Mission: Atmosphere at limb

Posted on September 25, 2014 by rburnham

Martian atmosphere as seen from an altitude of 8449 km. Image taken using Mars Color Camera. For flight updates and info, see also the main mission page.

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Mars Orbiter Mission: First image of surface

Posted on September 25, 2014 by rburnham

Taken from a height of 7300 km; with 376 m spatial resolution. (For flight updates and info, see also the main mission page.)

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Mars Orbiter Mission: In Mars orbit

Posted on September 24, 2014 by rburnham

For flight updates, see also the main mission page.

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Mars Orbiter Mission: Arrival tomorrow

Posted on September 23, 2014 by rburnham

For flight updates, see also the main mission page.

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Mars Orbiter Mission: Test firing successful

Posted on September 22, 2014 by rburnham

For flight updates, see also the main mission page.

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