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LATEST MARS NEWS

NASA Establishes Board to Initially Review Mars Sample Return Plans

The board will assist with analysis of current plans and goals for one of the most difficult missions humanity has ever undertaken.

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Voyager Goes Interstellar (Artist Concept)

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MARS WEATHER

Current weather on Mars

InSight sol 611 (2020-08-15) low -93.8ºC (-136.9ºF) high -15.9ºC (3.4ºF) winds from the WNW at 7.3 m/s (16.3 mph) gusting to 17.9 m/s (40.2 mph) pressure at 7.90 hPa

MARS FACTS

Features Values
Equatorial Diameter: 6,792 km
Polar Diameter: 6,752 km
Mass: 6.39 × 10^23 kg (0.11 Earths)
Moons: 2 (Phobos & Deimos)
Orbit Distance: 227,943,824 km (1.38 AU)
Orbit Period: 687 days (1.9 years)
Surface Temperature: -87 to -5 °C
First Record: 2nd millennium BC
Recorded By: Egyptian astronomers

MARS HEMESPHIRE IMAGES


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Cerberus Hemisphere Enhanced

Mosaic of the Cerberus hemisphere of Mars projected into point perspective, a view similar to that which one would see from a spacecraft. This mosaic is composed of 104 Viking Orbiter images acquired…
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Schiaparelli Hemisphere Enhanced

Mosaic of the Schiaparelli hemisphere of Mars projected into point perspective, a view similar to that which one would see from a spacecraft. The images were acquired in 1980 during early northern
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Syrtis Major Hemisphere Enhanced

Mosaic of the Syrtis Major hemisphere of Mars projected into point perspective, a view similar to that which one would see from a spacecraft. This mosaic is composed of about 100 red and violet
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Valles Marineris Hemisphere Enhanced

Mosaic of the Valles Marineris hemisphere of Mars projected into point perspective, a view similar to that which one would see from a spacecraft. The distance is 2500 kilometers from the surface of
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