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Short title: USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3292, pamphlet: Image title: Geologic Map of Mars: Author: Kenneth L. Tanaka, James A. Skinner, Jr., James M. Dohm ...
Representative porkchop plot for the 2005 Mars launch opportunity (horizontal axis: departure dates in mm/dd notation, vertical axis: arrival dates (mm/dd)) A given blue contour represents a solution with a constant C 3. The center of the porkchop is the optimal solution for the lowest C 3.
Interactive image map of the global topography of Mars. Hover your mouse over the image to see the names of over 60 prominent geographic features, and click to link to them. Coloring of the base map indicates relative elevations, based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
Mars comes closer to Earth more than any other planet save Venus at its nearest—56 million km is the closest distance between Mars and Earth, whereas the closest Venus comes to Earth is 40 million km. Mars comes closest to Earth every other year, around the time of its opposition, when Earth is sweeping between the Sun and Mars. Extra-close ...
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Coloring of the base map indicates relative elevations, based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. Whites and browns indicate the highest elevations (+12 to +8 km); followed by pinks and reds (+8 to +3 km); yellow is 0 km; greens and blues are lower elevations (down to −8 km).
The company is one of NASA's largest contractors and is one of several currently working on projects related to Mars. So far, only unmanned rovers and orbiters have made it to the Red Planet. When ...
Commuters on PA 228 can easily reach Interstate 76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) via I-79 or US 19 in Cranberry Township. The second busiest road in Mars is the Mars-Evans City Road, which was originally Pennsylvania Route 855. It is an important connecting road for Mars and the borough of Evans City.