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Description: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter over Nilosyrtis Mensae - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter passes above a portion of the planet called Nilosyrtis Mensae in this artist's concept illustration. NASA plans to launch this multipurpose spacecraft in August 2005 to advance our understanding of Mars through detailed observation, to examine potential landing sites for future surface missions and to provide a high-data-rate communications relay for those missions.
Title: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Credit: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Spacecraft&IM_ID=2206 (image link)
Author: NASA/JPL/Corby Waste
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