... continues to use solar panel aerobraking to help maneuver it to a better orbit to survey all of Mars The above image is a reconstruction of several photographs digitally combined to simulate a single vantage point 2700 kilometers above the Martiansurface ...
... During the Spring and Summer of 1998 the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) flashed laser pulses toward the Martiansurface from the Global Surveyor spacecraft and recorded the time it took to detect the reflection . ...
... After its August 5, 2012 landing, Curiosity's 1000th sol or martian day on the surface corresponded to planet Earth's calendar date May 31, 2015. ...
... Explanation: Although images of Mars taken from space revealed the planet to have a barren and cratered surface, scientists did not give up the search for martian life. ...
... pockets inside craters near the Martian North Pole , like that pictured above and others noted previously , give clues not only about surface conditions in the Martian past but also possible places where future water-based astronauts might do well to land ...