Planets and Moons
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A fleet of robotic spacecraft is exploring the Red Planet, sending back an ever-growing flood of data. While rovers like Curiosity blaze tracks through the fine Martian soil, orbiters like MAVEN and MRO circle high overhead, gazing down at the planet's atmosphere and surface and relaying ground-based data back to Earth. The Mars fleet is providing mission controllers at NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Indian Space Research Organisation with a remote presence on Mars.
This visualization shows the landing sites of NASA's past and present landers and rovers; the nearly circular orbits of NASA's Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; the elliptical orbits of NASA's MAVEN satellite and ESA's Mars Express; and the highly elliptical path of ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission. The orbits of Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos, are also depicted.
Learn more about NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
The Mars Fleet
This visualization shows the landing sites of NASA's past and present landers and rovers; the nearly circular orbits of NASA's Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; the elliptical orbits of NASA's MAVEN satellite and ESA's Mars Express; and the highly elliptical path of ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission. The orbits of Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos, are also depicted.
Learn more about NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
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Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Ernie Wright (USRA): Visualizer
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
Ernie Wright (USRA): Visualizer
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
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Missions:
Mars Express
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity
Mars Odyssey
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Science Laboratory - MSL
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN
Phoenix Mars Lander
Viking
Data Used:
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This item is part of these series:
MAVEN
Mars Odyssey
Keywords:
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Viking
SVS >> Orbit
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> MAVEN
SVS >> Rover
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> European Space Agency
SVS >> Mars Science Laboratory
SVS >> Curiosity
SVS >> Opportunity
SVS >> Fleet
SVS >> Spirit
SVS >> Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> Odyssey
SVS >> Mars Odyssey
SVS >> Orbiter
SVS >> Lander
SVS >> ISRO
SVS >> Mars Orbiter Mission
SVS >> MOM
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4414
Missions:
Mars Express
Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity
Mars Odyssey
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Science Laboratory - MSL
MAVEN: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN
Phoenix Mars Lander
Viking
Data Used:
JPL/Horizon Orbital Ephemerides
Ephemeris - NASA/JPL
Planetary ephemerides
This item is part of these series:
MAVEN
Mars Odyssey
Keywords:
SVS >> Mars
SVS >> Viking
SVS >> Orbit
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> MAVEN
SVS >> Rover
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> European Space Agency
SVS >> Mars Science Laboratory
SVS >> Curiosity
SVS >> Opportunity
SVS >> Fleet
SVS >> Spirit
SVS >> Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> Odyssey
SVS >> Mars Odyssey
SVS >> Orbiter
SVS >> Lander
SVS >> ISRO
SVS >> Mars Orbiter Mission
SVS >> MOM
