Artist’s Concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Caption:
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, depicted above Mars in this artist's concept
illustration, began orbiting Mars on March 10, 2006. It carries three cameras, a
ground-penetrating radar, a mineral-mapping spectrometer and a sounding instrument
to examine the atmosphere. These science instruments are the High Resolution
Imaging Science Experiment, the Context Camera, the Mars Color Imager, the Shallow
Subsurface Radar, the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars and
the Mars Climate Sounder.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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|
Target Type |
Planet |
|
Mission |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) |
|
Instrument Host |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
|
Host Type |
Orbiter |
|
Instrument |
|
|
Detector |
|
|
Extra Keywords |
Artwork, Atmosphere, Color, Radar |
Acquisition Date |
|
Release Date |
2003-09-25 |
Date in Caption |
2006-03-10 |
|
Image Credit |
NASA/JPL |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04758 |
Identifier |
PIA04758 |