PIA04758: Artist's Concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter


Artist’s Concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Caption:

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, depicted above Mars in this artist's concept illustration, began orbiting Mars on March 10, 2006. It carries three cameras, a ground-penetrating radar, a mineral-mapping spectrometer and a sounding instrument to examine the atmosphere. These science instruments are the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, the Context Camera, the Mars Color Imager, the Shallow Subsurface Radar, the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars and the Mars Climate Sounder.

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
Detector
Extra Keywords Artwork, Atmosphere, Color, Radar
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2003-09-25
Date in Caption 2006-03-10
Image Credit NASA/JPL
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04758
Identifier PIA04758