Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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ESP_014417_1975_RED_abrowse-00.jpgChrise Planitia (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)56 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014418_0930_RED_abrowse.jpgSouth Polar Residual Cap Monitoring (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)56 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014418_1790_RED_abrowse.jpgHebes Chasma (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014423_1040_RED_abrowse.jpgSouth Polar Region (Natural Colors; credits: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)54 visiteSomewhere in this patterned landscape, less than 1000 Km (about 600 miles) from the South Pole of Mars, a treasure may be hiding.
In January 1999, NASA launched a rocket containing the Mars Polar Lander (MPL), an exploration vehicle with a weather station and a subsurface probe designed to search for water ice, towards the Layered Terrain near the Martian South Pole. The layers are thought to be a sequence of alternating dust-rich and dust-poor ice deposited by the seasonal advance and retreat of the South Polar Ice Cap and could be an important record of climate on the Red Planet.
On 3 December 1999, just before the Lander entered the Martian Atmosphere, MPL went silent. Investigations propose the most likely cause of the mission failure is that the Spacecraft’s computers misinterpreted the release of the Lander’s legs in preparation for descent as touch-down on the Martian Surface, causing descent engines to shut off when the lander was still 40 meters (130 feet) above ground.
However, no one knows for sure.
An immediate search began for the remains of the MPL using images from Mars Global Surveyor. HiRISE is continuing the search with high resolution images of the area in which MPL could, most likely, have crash-landed. MareKromium
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ESP_014423_1870_RED_abrowse.jpgSegment of Corinto Crater (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)90 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014424_1845_RED_abrowse.jpgBright Deposits and an anomalous Circular Feature - maybe a VERY fresh Impact Crater or a vertical collapse pit (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014426_1580_RED_abrowse.jpgTerra Sabaea and Terra Tyrrhena Boundary (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014426_2070_RED_abrowse.jpgNorthern Dunes (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014429_1940_RED_abrowse.jpgDark Orange and Reddish Dunes (Natural Colors; credits: Lunar Explorer Italia)69 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014430_1580_RED_abrowse.jpgUnnamed Crater S/W of Vinogradov Crater (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)54 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014432_1685_RED_abrowse.jpgTerraced Unnamed Crater (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)61 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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ESP_014432_2110_RED_abrowse.jpgCollapse Pits in Tractus Catena (Natural Colors; credits: Lunexit)63 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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