What's New? NASA Spacecraft Camera Yields Most Accurate Mars Map Ever - 07/23/2010 A camera aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has helped develop the most accurate global Martian map ever. Researchers and the public can access the map via several websites and explore and survey the entire surface of the Red Planet. >> Orbiter Puts Itself Into Standby Safe Mode - 07/20/2010 Updated July 26, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. PDT- NASA's Mars Odyssey returned to full operations on July 23. The orbiter's science camera, and two neutron detectors are working normally. Relays of communications from the Mars rover Opportunity have resumed. >> Martian Pit Feature Found by Seventh Graders - 06/17/2010 Sixteen seventh-graders at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found the Martian pit feature at the center of the superimposed red square in this image while participating in a program that enables students to use the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter. >> Phoenix Mars Lander Does Not Phone Home, New Image Shows Damage - 05/24/2010 NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander has ended operations after repeated, unsuccessful attempts to contact the lander, and a new orbiter image shows signs of ice damage to Phoenix. >> Final Attempts to Hear from Mars Phoenix Scheduled - 05/13/2010 From May 17 to 21, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter will conduct a fourth and final campaign to check on whether the Phoenix Mars Lander has come back to life. >> No Peep from Phoenix in Third Odyssey Listening Stint - 04/13/2010 NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter heard no signal from the Phoenix Mars Lander when it listened from orbit while passing over Phoenix 60 times last week. >> Where is Odyssey? Where is Mars Odyssey Right Now? The SIMULATED views and computer generated images are automatically updated every 10 minutes:Position of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft relative to Mars. >>The relative position of the planets in the inner solar system. >>The current distance of the spacecraft from Earth >> http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov Ask Dr. C Have you ever wondered why Mars is red? Or, how big is the Mars Science Laboratory rover? Ask Dr. C, your personal Mars expert! >> http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov Recent Videos Flight Into Mariner Valley (Valles Marineris, Mars) - 03/13/2006 This video created by JPL's Solar System Visualization Team uses real scientific data from Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System's Infrared Camera to simulate a flight from a few hundred feet above the largest canyon in the solar system, Valles Marineris on Mars. >> Fun Send a Postcard to Spirit Celebrate the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit by sending a postcard >> Explore the Be A Martian' Web site NASA and Microsoft Corp. of Redmond, Wash., have collaborated to create a Web site where Internet users can have fun while advancing their knowledge of Mars. >> Send your name to Mars! Be a part of history Sign up to have your name travel to Mars on a microchip carried by NASAs Mars Science Laboratory rover. >>