Craft show.The Mars Global Surveyor The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was a US spacecraft developed by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. It began the United States's return to Mars after a 20-year absence. spacecraft, which has orbited the Red Planet since 1997, has captured images of two other emissaries from Earth. Images of the European Space Agency's Mars Express This article or section documents a current spaceflight. Details may change as the mission progresses. and NASA's Mars Odyssey Odyssey (ŏd`ĭsē): see Homer. Odyssey Homer’s long, narrative poem centered on Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey] See : Epic Odyssey mark the first time that a spacecraft orbiting a planet other than Earth has recorded pictures of other craft circling the same outpost. Mars Express, which arrived at the Red Planet last year, was passing about 250 kilometers away when a camera on Surveyor took its picture on April 20. On the next day, the camera on Surveyor caught Mars Odyssey twice, at distances of 90 and 134 km. Odyssey has orbited Mars since 2001. NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. released the images on May 19.--R.C. |
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