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This artists concept shows MRO's path in smaller and smaller yellow ovals around Mars. Next Phase: Aerobraking - 03/29/2006
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This image is a four-frame, horizontal art piece featuring four of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's vital mission phases.  From left to right they are: launch, aerobraking, science and relay.  Each frame is a colorful, surrealistic representation of that particular event done by artist Tina DiCicco.  The launch frame features a stylistic, black rocket leaning away from Earth to simulate take off.  The rocket is trailed by a tail of small red, orange and yellow shapes meant to represent the engines firing.  The second frame is aerobraking and features a colorful, boxy spacecraft using its large, rectangular solar panels for drag in the martian atmosphere.  The third frame represents the science phase of the mission when the spacecraft actually begins collecting vital data.  In this artistic image, the boxy spacecraft is orbiting a red Mars, using its powerful HiRISE camera to view the surface in unprecedented detail.  The swaths of data it takes are represented by purple and green triangles of color on the planet's surface.  The final frame is meant to represent the relay phase.  Against a purple sky, a rover on the martian surface sends information (drawn as a line) to the boxy Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the orbiter, in turn, returns the information (line) back to Earth. Important Stages of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - 07/29/2005
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This image is of DiCicco's art piece called 'The Art of Exploration.'  At the top the letters MRO, representing the mission, are in dark blue.  Across those, the mission name is written out in yellow letters in a fun font with stars dotting the 'i's. The Art of Exploration - 07/29/2005
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This image is of a little green alien meant to represent the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission capability.  The character is wearing a green and red flowered 'Hawaiian' shirt and has two black cameras slung around its neck.  There is one large eye (like a Cyclops) and a smaller one next to that.  The alien has large, floppy ears and antennae atop its head. - 07/29/2005
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This image is an artist's concept of a view looking down on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.  The SHARAD radar antenna - a silver-colored, long, pole-like feature - juts out horizontally from the boxy bus of the spacecraft.  The bus, covered in reflective gold thermal blanketing, is flanked by its two large rectangular solar panels.  Above the spacecraft bus is the large circular high-gain antenna that is the conduit for transmitting and receiving data.  Emanating from the SHARAD antenna are smoky, circular rings that represent the radar at work, The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its SHARAD radar (top view) - 06/03/2005
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In this artist's concept image the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft is set against the black background of space, dotted with stars.  The spacecraft's radar, represented by a long, horizontal, silver-colored pole, The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using the SHARAD radar (side view) - 06/03/2005
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This image of Mars features the top half of planet at the bottom of the picture.  The parts of the planet are represented the way the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter "Follow the Water" theme - 06/03/2005
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This image is an artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during its orbit insertion.  At the center is the spacecraft's large circular high-gain antenna, followed by its immense solar panels and then the boxy main bus.  At the rear of the spacecraft bus, the main engine fires, producing a vaporous white puff.  The view is from above, looking down on the spacecraft as it makes its way under the southern hemisphere of the red planet, characterized by its icy polar cap. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during its Mars Orbit Insertion - 06/03/2005
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In this artist's concept image, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter orbits above the orange-red surface of Mars.  The planet's thin atmosphere is represented by a whitish haze above the surface.  The spacecraft is using its Mars Climate Sounder instrument to take vertical profiles of the atmosphere, represented by tall, thin, bluish-white beams that are scored like lined notebook paper. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its Mars Climate Sounder instrument - 06/03/2005
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This image is an artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter hovering over the dusty orange surface of Mars.  Small craters, hills and gullies are visible on the surface.  The large spacecraft's center consists of a boxy bus, covered in reflective gold thermal blanketing.  Above the bus sits the spacecraft's large, circular high-gain antenna.  Behind the main bus is a long thin pole that lies parallel to the martian surface and represents the SHARAD radar.  Flanking the center and pointed slightly downward are the two large solar panels.  They are rectangular in shape and covered in thousands of tiny dark squares of solar cells. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - 06/03/2005
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This graphic features a comparison between the older, less-capable camera on the Mars Global Surveyor and the new HiRISE camera that will fly aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.  The HiRISE camera, larger and more capable than its predecessor, will be better able to try and locate the lost Mars Polar Lander spacecraft.  In this graphic, there is an example of the resolution of the MOC camera and a less pixelated picture that simulates how the HiRISE camera will view the lost spacecraft. HiRISE Comparison - 03/08/2005
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This graphic features representations of NASA missions and the amount of data they have returned or are currently returning.  The missions and their data return amount are: Deep Space 1 (15 Gigibits), Mars Odyssey (1012 Gigibits), Mars Global Surveyor (1759 Gigibits), Cassini (2550 Gigibits), Magellan (3740 Gigibits) and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (34 Terabits).  MRO plans to return over 3 times as much data as five missions combined!  34 Terabits of Data - 03/08/2005
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This graphic illustrates how much bigger the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is than the previous two Mars orbiters: Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey. Spacecraft Comparison - 03/08/2005
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In this image, a graphic representation of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter flies over a bumpy martian landscape.  The spacecraft's solar panels are spread open and look like two large billboards.  In between the solar panels is the main, boxy bus of the spacecraft that carries all of the instruments; the most visible of those in this image is large, tube-like HiRISE camera baffle (or cover).  Above the main bus is the large, circular high-gain antenna that allows the spacecraft to communicate with Earth.  Pictured behind the solar panels is the SHARAD antenna, that looks like a long, horizontal rod. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over the martian landscape - 07/02/2004
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it orbits over the martian poles The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as it orbits over the martian poles - 07/02/2004
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in its aerobraking stage The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in its aerobraking stage - 07/02/2004
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