PIA07209: Installing a Camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter


Installing a Camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Caption:

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

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/PIA07209
Identifier PIA07209