NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Seasonal Terrain on Mars
This newly released image shows radial troughs on the surface of Mars. Mars’ seasonal cap of carbon dioxide ice has eroded many beautiful terrains as…
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Boulders on a Martian Landslide
This highly detailed image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows boulders on the surface of Mars. The striking feature in this image, acquired by the…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Views Martian Sand Dunes
A new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals a highly fractured surface among Martian sand dunes. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera…
New Images from Mars Orbiter Show Sites of Fiction Film’s Mars Landings
New images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal details of real regions on Mars where a new Hollywood movie, “The Martian,” places future astronaut adventures….
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Recurring Water Streaks on Mars
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dark streaks on the walls of Garni Crater on Mars. Astronomers believe these recurring streaks are…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Mars
New research using NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on…
Ten Years and Counting, Mars Orbiter Still Going Strong
It’s been ten years since the launch of NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its work is far from over. The Mars Orbiter has revealed the…
New NASA Image of the Northern Plains of Mars
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows frost in gully alcoves in a crater on the Northern plains of Mars. Seasonal frost commonly…
Mars Orbiter Preparing for Mars InSight Lander’s 2016 Arrival
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is preparing for the arrival of NASA’s InSight Lander, which will occur on 2016. A planned 77-second firing of six intermediate-size…
New HiRISE Image of a “Fresh” Crater Near Sirenum Fossae
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a 1-kilometer-wide impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars. The High Resolution Imaging Science…
Satellite Observations Reveal Glaciers of Frozen Water on Mars
Using satellite data, scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute have observed the shape of glaciers just below the surface of Mars. New studies have now…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Completes 40,000 Mars Orbits
Launched in 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has now orbited the Red Planet more than 40,000 times. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passed a mission milestone…
Irregularly Shaped Boulder Rolls Down Martian Hill, Lands Upright
A newly released image from the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an irregularly shaped boulder that apparently rolled down a hill on…
Orbiter Examines Clues to Possible Water Flows on Mars
Using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, several new studies examine recurring slope lineae on Mars and possible water flows. NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Examines a New Impact Crater
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an impact crater about 100 feet (30 meters) in diameter that appeared at some time between…
Scientists Find Evidence for Granite on Mars
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has led to the discovery of feldspar minerals on Mars, providing the most compelling evidence to date that Mars…
Data Indicates Temperatures Rise and Fall Twice a Day on Mars
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has indicated that temperatures rise and fall twice a day on Mars, with a rise during the nighttime as…
Mars Orbiter Shows McLaughlin Crater May Have Once Held a Groundwater-Fed Lake
New data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests that the McLaughlin Crater once held a lake fed by groundwater. A NASA spacecraft is providing new…
