Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. [1]
Mars Surveyor may refer to various NASA Mars probes: Mars Global Surveyor, single orbiter launched in 1996; Mars Surveyor 1998, where NASA lost both probes: Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter), and; Mars Polar Lander (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander) Mars Surveyor 2001, of which there were also to be two probes:
Pages in category "Mars Global Surveyor" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Mars Global Surveyor's Thermal Emission Spectrometer. The Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) is an instrument on board Mars Global Surveyor. TES collects two types of data, hyperspectral thermal infrared data from 6 to 50 micrometres (μm) and bolometric visible-NIR (0.3 to 2.9 μm) measurements. TES has six detectors arranged in a 2x3 array ...
The Phobos monolith (right of center, casting long shadow) as taken by the Mars Global Surveyor (MOC Image 55103, 1998). The location of the monolith (HiRISE image PIA10368) The Phobos monolith is a large rock on the surface of Mars' moon Phobos. [1] It is a boulder, about 85 m (279 ft) across and 90 m (300 ft) tall.
Using data from Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have found widespread deposits of chloride minerals. A picture below shows some deposits within the Phaethontis quadrangle. Evidence suggests that the deposits were formed from the evaporation of mineral enriched waters.
Argyre Planitia [2] / ˈ ɑːr dʒ ər iː / is a plain located within the impact basin Argyre [a] in the southern highlands of Mars.Its name comes from a map produced by Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1877; it refers to Argyre, a mythical island of silver in Greek mythology.
The Mars Orbiter Camera and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) were scientific instruments on board the Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The camera was built by Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) for NASA and the cost of the whole MOC scientific investigation project was about US$44 million, higher than anticipated in the budget.