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Mission Mars ExpressHighlight of the Month January: Mawrth Vallis Animation
HRSC Press Release #539 - Syrtis Major (orbit 9487)
Amateur astronomers who on occasion observe Mars through the eyepiece of their telescopes are quite familiar with the region of Syrtis Major; when observing conditions are good, it can be easily identified as a dark spot on Mars. This large volcanic region just north of Mars' equator covers an area of roughly 1300 by 1500 kilometres - about half the size of Europe. The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und- Raumfahrt; DLR), on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft imaged a 90 by 180 kilometre section of Syrtis Major at a resolution of about 19 metres per pixel during orbit 9487 on 8 June 2011. [more....] | |||||
HRSCview onlineSince 14 March 2007 HRSC image data can be viewed and accessed online. The online interface HRSCview is a cooperation of the Department of Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geosciences at Freie Universität Berlin and the DLR Institute for Planetary Research at German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin-Adlershof.
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CassiniEnceladus Flyby
Huygens successful
Iapetus passageJanuary 2nd 2005: Successful Iapetus passage. A total of 288 images were send to Earth. |
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Feburary 17th 2005: Last Tuesday Cassini passed Titan's surface at a distance of 1580 km for the third time and completed its first close passage of Enceladus last night.
January 14th 2005: Huygens entered the atmosphere at 10:07 MEZ (probe time) and reached the surface at approximately 12:38 MEZ.
