Crater Water Ice on Mars (ESA, Mars, 2005)
Editor's note: NASA's Curiosity Rover is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on the evening of Aug. 5/6, 2012. (Read more here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html). In honor of this historic event, here are some breathtaking stills of the Red Planet.
Image caption: Crater water ice on Mars at Vastitas Borealis, seen by the European Space Agency's Mars Express.
Image credit: ESA
More about Curiosity and the Mars Science Laboratory:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
View the "Mars Landscapes" photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157630860188338/
View the "Mars Landscapes" video:
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=...
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Crater Water Ice on Mars (ESA, Mars, 2005)
Editor's note: NASA's Curiosity Rover is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on the evening of Aug. 5/6, 2012. (Read more here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html). In honor of this historic event, here are some breathtaking stills of the Red Planet.
Image caption: Crater water ice on Mars at Vastitas Borealis, seen by the European Space Agency's Mars Express.
Image credit: ESA
More about Curiosity and the Mars Science Laboratory:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
View the "Mars Landscapes" photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157630860188338/
View the "Mars Landscapes" video:
www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=...
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These official NASA photographs are being made available for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photographs. The photographs may not be used in materials, advertisements, products, or promotions that in any way suggest approval or endorsement by NASA. All Images used must be credited. For information on usage rights please visit: www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelin...