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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 ]
Life on Mars? Probably not, but a photo that NASA recently published sparked the imagination of many. The image that came out a few weeks ago, started becoming popular on social media only today.
Just after the discovery of water on the Red Planet, another image reveals the complexity of Mars. HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) captured a photograph of what appears to be a ...
Of the seven good images, the lighting and time at which two pairs of images were taken are so close as to reduce the number to five distinct images. The Mission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set image numbers for these are: 035A72 (VO-1010), 070A13 (VO-1011), 561A25 (VO-1021), 673B54 & 673B56 (VO-1063), and 753A33 & 753A34 (VO ...
An example of an additional object from a spacecraft landing is the metal shroud ejected by the Viking 2 lander, as seen in this 1977 view of Mars. The shroud covered the surface sampler instrument and could be seen in images taken by the lander while it was active on the surface. [11] Each mission left debris according to its design.
There's a big mystery floating on Mars: A giant haze that was first spotted in 2012 has reappeared and scientists still don't know how to explain it. According to the journal Nature, the plume ...
Using photos from Mars Global Surveyor and HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have found about 20 new impacts each year on Mars. Because the spacecraft have been imaging Mars almost continuously for a span of 14 years, newer images with suspected recent craters can be compared to older images to determine when the ...
By Eric Sandler On August 20, 1975 -- 39 years ago today -- NASA launched the first of two spacecraft as a part of their new Viking program and the images they captured back in the '70s and '80s ...