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    The Mars Observer spacecraft, also known as the Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter, was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992,...
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    MGS: The Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) operated by Malin Space Science Systems – The Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC), originally known as Mars Observer Camera, used...
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  • platform for all Planetary Observer-class probes. Only one spacecraft of this class was eventually constructed—the Mars Observer. After the flagship multibillion-dollar...
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    customary units by spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin. After the loss of Mars Observer and the onset of the rising costs associated with the future International...
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    The Mars Orbiter Camera and Mars Observer Camera (MOC) were scientific instruments on board the Mars Observer and Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The...
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    difficulties section for more details): Mars Observer (launched in 1992) Mars 96 (1996) Mars Climate Orbiter (1999) Mars Polar Lander with Deep Space 2 (1999)...
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    same meridian (sundial time) as seen by an observer on Mars. It is one of several units for timekeeping on Mars. A sol is slightly longer than an Earth day...
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    A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, uncrewed spacecraft, ten have had successful...
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    Mars 2 Mars 3 Mars 6 Mars Polar Lander ↓ Opportunity Perseverance ※ Phoenix Schiaparelli EDM Sojourner Spirit Zhurong Viking 1 Viking 2 In 1999, Mars...
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  • on Console, a console audio player Mars Orbiter Camera (formerly Mars Observer Camera), an instrument on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter Mission operations...
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    The two moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos. They are irregular in shape. Both were discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall in August 1877 and are...
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    Mars Exploration Program (MEP) is a long-term effort to explore the planet Mars, funded and led by NASA. Formed in 1993, MEP has made use of orbital spacecraft...
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    Malin Space Science Systems (category Missions to Mars)
    their first mission was the failed 1993 Mars Observer for which they developed and operated the Mars Observer Camera Ground Data System. After this mission...
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    2018-01-13. Schwartz, Dana (2016-11-16). "JiHAE on Making a Trip to 'Mars'". Observer. Archived from the original on 2018-01-13. Retrieved 2018-01-13. ""Altered...
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  • How Mark Cunningham Blitzed the Bowery With No Wave Icons Mars (Observer, 2017) LIFE ON MARS: The Surviving Members of the Earliest NO WAVE band Talk Muggings...
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    efficient manager. Upon joining NASA, Goldin reflected on the failed Mars Observer project and described his dissatisfaction with the agency's workflow:...
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  • 16 surface missions on Mars that would also set up a planetary network across Mars and work in conjunction with Mars Observer. The original plan was proposed...
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    Commercial Titan III occurred on 25 September 1992, and placed NASA's Mars Observer spacecraft into heliocentric orbit, by means of a Transfer Orbit Stage...
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    completed Mars Observer, launched September 1992, failed Mars Global Surveyor, launched November 1996, completed Discovery Program Discovery 2 – Mars Pathfinder...
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    Britannica. Retrieved 20 April 2019. "Mars Observer". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 20 April 2019. "In Depth | Mars Observer". NASA Solar System Exploration...
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    Two interplanetary missions were launched from the pad: The failed Mars Observer spacecraft (September 25, 1992) The Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn...
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    pressure), roughly 0.2 N per square meter, that was exerted on the Mars Observer during aerobraking is comparable to the aerodynamic resistance of moving...
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  • Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer or MAGGIE is a proposed compact, autonomous, fixed wing, vertical take-off/landing (VTOL), electric...
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    from Mars takes place when the planet Earth passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun's disc for an observer on Mars. During...
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  • paths MOLA – (instrumentation) Mars Observer Laser Altimeter, an instrument on the Mars Observer used to study Mars's topology MOND – (astrophysics terminology)...
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    survived to the ground, then it could cause forward contamination. Mars Observer is another Category III mission with potential planetary contamination...
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    Commercial Titan III with the Mars Observer spacecraft bound for Mars. Despite a successful launch, the Mars Observer spacecraft later malfunctioned...
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  • The Mars trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson that chronicles the settlement and terraforming of the planet Mars through...
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  • Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American black comedy science fiction film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay...
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    serves as the science coordinator for many planetary missions (Viking, Mars Observer, Voyager, Galileo Galileo Mission, etc). She was the first to recognize...
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