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Mars Climate Sounder Watches Mars Weather to Prepare for Curiosity Landing
Posted by David Kass on 2010/09/29 12:00 CDT
Two weeks ago Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) started a four-week campaign to support entry, descent, and landing phase for the next Mars rover, Mars Science Laboratory (or "Curiosity").
Tracing the Big Picture of Mars' Atmosphere
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2010/08/26 12:00 CDT
One of the instruments on a 2016 mission to orbit Mars will provide daily maps of global, pole-to-pole, vertical distributions of the temperature, dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere.
Observing the Martian Atmosphere for Two Mars Years
Posted by David Kass on 2010/07/13 12:00 CDT
June 29, 2010 was the second Martian anniversary of the start of Mars Climate Sounder (MCS) observations at Mars.
Looking at Mars with the MRO CTX
Posted by Ken Edgett on 2009/05/29 12:21 CDT
Looking at Mars with the MRO CTX
Mars: "Follow the Water" Is Not Dead
Posted by Ken Edgett on 2009/05/26 11:53 CDT
Mars: "Follow the Water" Is Not Dead
Exciting Times Ahead: 2010 Will Sizzle, and 2011 Will Really Cook!
Posted by Alan Stern on 2009/05/18 03:56 CDT
Today, I'm kicking the week off with a look at the unusually intense confluence of far flung planetary exploration that's just around the corner, starting the middle of next year.
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