The 8-year-old satellite, which left Earth in August 2005 and entered Martian orbit on March 10, 2006, has lived well beyond its primary two-year science phase, so perhaps the occasional brain fart is understandable. Tasked with searching for signs that water flowed on Mars for a long period of time, it’s been sending Earth detailed information about seasonal and longer-term changes on our rust-hued neighbor. In fact, it has returned more data than all other interplanetary missions combined, according to officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, which manages the mission. read more at the link...
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:35:12 +0000