Mars Odyssey: A Stellar Performance

Posted by tourdemars to Mars Odyssey at March 12, 2002 12:00 PM

Scientists gathered at the 33rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference to review increasing amounts of data streaming out of NASA’s Mars Odyssey as it orbits the red planet are overjoyed now that a balky radiation experiment on the probe is back in operation. That hardware is built to yield environmental data for plotting future human expeditions to the planet. Just a few weeks into probing enigmatic Mars, Odyssey has also begun sensor sweeps of prospective touchdown spots for two Mars Exploration Rovers to be launched next year.