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2008
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| 20-Dec-2007 |
Alignment on December 24, 2007 |
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This is a special day that happens only every 26 months when Earth is exactly between the Sun and Mars. Find out more about opposition and experiment with Mars and Earth in their orbits.
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| 17-Nov-2006 |
NASA's Newest Mars Orbiter Passes Communications Relay Test |
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully tested another key part of its payload, a versatile radio for relaying communications with robots on the surface of Mars.
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| 08-Nov-2006 |
Navigating the Unknown |
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Navigators on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission don't have much free time. For weeks, they have been too frantic to chronicle their experiences during the critical aerobraking and orbit adjustment periods.
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| 20-Oct-2006 |
During Solar Conjunction, Mars Spacecraft Will Be on Autopilot |
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For a brief time, the sun will get in the way of communications
between Earth and Mars spacecraft, but mission teams are well
prepared for this natural event called solar conjunction.
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| 06-Sep-2006 |
Summer Adventure: Exploring Mars |
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Student interns get real-world experience on spacecraft exploring the red planet.
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| 07-Mar-2006 |
An Engineer's First Trip to Mars |
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Tracy Drain ticks off the complex chain of mission planning and software programming required for NASA's latest Mars orbiter to reach its destination.
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| 02-Mar-2006 |
Engineers Exercise for Martian Matchup |
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Just seven months after shooting through a nearly pristine blue sky in the Florida humidity, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is quickly approaching the red planet. The spacecraft team that has been working furiously during the orbiter's cruise is now preparing for a big moment at Mars: the mission-critical Mars orbit insertion.
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| 20-Oct-2005 |
Earthlings Will Get a Better View of Mars |
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In fall of 2005, Mars will outshine most of the stars in the night sky.
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| 13-Oct-2005 |
Porkchops and Power |
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With gas prices high, everyone at the pump is thinking about fuel efficiency for their vehicles on Earth. Now imagine a seven-month voyage to Mars over hundreds of thousands of kilometers.... You can bet the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter team has been working on conserving energy all along!
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| 29-Jul-2005 |
Drawing on the Past to Paint the Future Martian Picture |
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Artist Tina DiCicco puts a surrealistic spin on a complex Mars mission, giving it a decidedly different look.
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| 12-Apr-2005 |
Rich Zurek and the Mystery of the Disappearing Spacecraft |
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will follow clues to
where the lost Mars Polar Lander and Beagle 2 might be.
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| 31-Aug-2004 |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Will "Follow the Water" on Mars |
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will collect detailed data that will pave the way for future surface missions to Mars.
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| 06-Jul-2004 |
Spacecraft Will Examine Mars in Greater Detail than Ever Before |
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| The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a little over a year away from its date with destiny, when it will ride atop a rocket into space, bound for the Red Planet. After arriving at Mars, the orbiter will "follow the water" like other NASA missions to Mars, spending several years collecting a treasure trove of data about martian geology, mineralogy, and climate. This is the first of three articles about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Stay tuned for the other two.
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| 01-Nov-2001 |
Porkchop Plot |
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Ancient cultures looked to the patterns of tea leaves or animal entrails to divine the course of the future. At JPL, the course of a future Mars mission can be found in a porkchop.
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