PIA07206: Camera Ready to Install on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter


Camera Ready to Install on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Caption:

A telescopic camera called the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, (right) was installed onto the main structure of NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (left) on Dec. 11, 2004 at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver. The orbiter is scheduled for launch in August 2005 carrying six science instruments. Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp., Boulder, Colo., built this camera for the University of Arizona, Tucson, to supply for the mission.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Instrument Host Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2005-01-07
Date in Caption 2004-12-11
Image Credit NASA/JPL/LMSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07206
Identifier PIA07206