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    Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global...
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  • Mars Surveyor may refer to various NASA Mars probes: Mars Global Surveyor, single orbiter launched in 1996 Mars Surveyor 1998, where NASA lost both probes:...
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    Mars Exploration Rovers. After the 1992 failure of NASA's Mars Observer orbiter, NASA retooled and launched Mars Global Surveyor (MGS). Mars Global Surveyor...
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    from Mars Global Surveyor (MGS), Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), as well as the MOLA topography model and provides a global resolution...
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    visited Mars and made new observations of the Cydonia region. These spacecraft have included NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (1997–2006) and Mars Reconnaissance...
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    The Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter) was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998, to study the Martian...
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    Mars Surveyor '98 was a mission in NASA's Mars Exploration Program that launched the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander to the planet Mars...
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    planet's surface. Mars Global Surveyor is expected to crash onto the surface of the planet by 2047. The fate of the Soviet's three Mars program orbiters...
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    of Mars icecaps. Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-1151 Release Global warming on Mars? Images of melting ice cap: Evidence for Recent Climate Change on Mars...
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    The Mars Polar Lander, also known as the Mars Surveyor '98 Lander, was a 290-kilogram robotic spacecraft lander launched by NASA on January 3, 1999, to...
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    while entering Mars's atmosphere. Out of 5–6 NASA missions in the 1990s, only 2 worked: Mars Pathfinder and Mars Global Surveyor, making Mars Pathfinder and...
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    Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. It began the United States' return to Mars after...
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    2002    2001 Mars Odyssey ·   Mars Mars Odyssey as imaged by Mars Global Surveyor MARIE hardware, designed to measure radiation By 2008, Mars Odyssey had...
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    were dispelled. Some maps of Mars were made using the data from these missions, but it wasn't until the Mars Global Surveyor mission, launched in 1996 and...
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  • The satellites of Mars include : Non functional but (probably) orbiting: Viking 1 & 2 orbiter Mariner 9 Mars Global Surveyor Mars 2, 3, 5 Phobos 2 Tianwen...
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    Valles Marineris (redirect from Mars rift)
    Noctis Labyrinthus taken with Mars Global Surveyor. Layers in the wall of Noctis Labyrinthus taken with Mars Global Surveyor, under the MOC Public Targeting...
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    habitability of Mars Mars Express § Scientific discoveries and important events Mars Global Surveyor § Discovery of water ice on Mars[broken anchor] Martian...
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  • shadow were taken with the arrival in 1997 of the Mars Global Surveyor and its high-resolution Mars Orbital Camera. One such image was taken on 26 August...
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    solar system portal astronomy portal Caves of Mars Project Cydonia (Mars) Libya Montes Mars Global Surveyor Mars monolith Monolith (Space Odyssey) Science...
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    outer layer. Both Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Express have detected ionized atmospheric particles trailing off into space behind Mars, and this atmospheric...
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    Release No. MOC2-481 via the Mars Global Surveyor. Elysium Mons: Malin Space Science Systems via the Mars Global Surveyor. Mars features database distributed...
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    Olympus Mons (category Mountains on Mars)
    explanation of the Olympus Mons aureole deposits (discussed below). Mars Global Surveyor image showing lava flows of different ages at the base of Olympus...
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    2014. "Mars Global Surveyor MOC2-368 Release". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2005-04-23. "Astronomical Phenomena From Mars". Archived...
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    Malin Space Science Systems (category Missions to Mars)
    for Mars Global Surveyor. They also developed the cameras that were carried on Mars Polar Lander, Mars Climate Orbiter, 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance...
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    field measurements from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) magnetic field experiment/electron reflectometer (MAG/ER) and Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution...
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    The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) was one of five instruments on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft, which operated in Mars orbit from September...
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  • branches in Syrtis Major quadrangle. Using data from Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have found widespread...
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    objectives: Mars Global Surveyor launched in 1996, Mars Climate Orbiter launched in 1998, 2001 Mars Odyssey launched in 2001 and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...
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    Hellas Planitia (category Impact craters on Mars)
    2008. Acuña, M. H.; et al. (1999). "Global Distribution of Crustal Magnetization Discovered by the Mars Global Surveyor MAG/ER Experiment". Science. 284...
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    to lack of funding Mars Surveyor 2001 Lander – October 2001 – Mars lander (refurbished, became Phoenix lander) Kitty Hawk – Mars airplane micromission...
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