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NASA’s Mars orbiter hits historic 100,000-image mark thanks to its HiRISE camera

In 2005, when an Atlas V Rocket took off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, it carried along with it the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), one of NASA's most ambitious missions ...
Florida Today

NASA's Mars orbiter captures 1st photo of Curiosity and its winding tracks: Take a look

Curiosity has been the subject of countless selfies and images taken from space, but has never been photographed from Mars' own orbit. The reconnaissance orbiter, which has been circling Mars since ...
Newsweek

NASA Orbiter Reveals Curiosity Rover Making Tracks Across Mars

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken the first ever photograph of the Curiosity Rover making tracks—both literally and metaphorically—across the Red Planet's surface. Captured by the Orbiter's ...
Vail Daily

NASA launches spacecraft destined for Mars; orbiter to gather huge amounts of data

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A spacecraft blasted off Friday into a golden early morning sky, beginning a mission to Mars to gather more data on the Red Planet than all combined previous missions.The Mars ...
Times Argus

NASA spacecraft enters orbit around Mars

PASADENA, Calif. A NASA spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Mars Friday, joining a trio of orbiters already circling the Red Planet. Scientists cheered after the Mars Reconnaissance ...