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MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR IMAGES
January 8-14, 2004 The following new images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are now available: o Mars on 25 December 2003 (Released 08 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../08/index.html o Dust Devils Near Schiaparell (Released 09 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../09/index.html o Frosty North Polar Dunes (Released 10 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../10/index.html o Cratered Hill in Amazonis (Released 11 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../11/index.html o High-resolution View of Gullies (Released 12 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../12/index.html o South Polar Troughs (Released 13 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../13/index.html o Clouds near Phlegra Montes (Released 14 January 2004) http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/.../14/index.html All of the Mars Global Surveyor images are archived he http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/index.html Mars Global Surveyor was launched in November 1996 and has been in Mars orbit since September 1997. It began its primary mapping mission on March 8, 1999. Mars Global Surveyor is the first mission in a long-term program of Mars exploration known as the Mars Surveyor Program that is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) and the California Institute of Technology built the MOC using spare hardware from the Mars Observer mission. MSSS operates the camera from its facilities in San Diego, CA. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars Surveyor Operations Project operates the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft with its industrial partner, Lockheed Martin Astronautics, from facilities in Pasadena, CA and Denver, CO. |
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