Better looks at Mars minerals for ASU instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter
Monday, June 22, 2009 - 17:14
in Astronomy & Space
A slow drift in the orbit of NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft that mission controllers started nine months ago is now giving an ASU instrument a better and more sensitive view of minerals on the surface of Mars. The instrument is the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), an infrared and visual camera operated by ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility.
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