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Mars water mission passes key test
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Swarup, Bob |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Journal: Physics World On Friday 10 March, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California were jubilant. The reason – the entry of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) into orbit around the red planet. Having travelled 0.5 billion kilometres since its launch last August, the spacecraft sent a radio message to the researchers indicating that it had fired its thrusters and allowed itself to be captured by Mars' gravity. It should now go on to generate a mountain of data – more than all the previous Mars missions put together – about the history of water on the planet. |
| Related Links | http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2058-7058/19/4/18/pdf |
| Ending Page | 8 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Starting Page | 8 |
| ISSN | 09538585 |
| e-ISSN | 20587058 |
| DOI | 10.1088/2058-7058/19/4/18 |
| Journal | Physics World |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 19 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Publisher Date | 2006-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Physics World Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Physics and Astronomy |
