Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

(MRO) (Mars probe launched by NASA in 2005)

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a Mars probe launched in 2005 by NASA. It went into Mars orbit in 2006 for a two-year primary mission and is still operational in 2024 with hopes of using it into the late 2020s, working around some "aging" problems. Instruments:

HiRISE - High Resolution Imaging Science camera - a 0.5-meter reflector telescope.
CTX - Context Camera - grayscale.
MARCI - Mars Color Imager - wide-angle low-resolution.
CRISM - Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars.
MCS - Mars Climate Sounder.
SHARAD - Shallow Subsurface Radar.

Among its ongoing uses is scouting for Mars landing missions, and relaying communications for other Mars missions.

(Mars,probe,spacecraft,NASA) Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
https://mars.nasa.gov/internal_resources/819/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-mro/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2005-029A
https://pds-atmospheres.nmsu.edu/data_and_services/atmospheres_data/MARS/mars_reconnaissance_orbiter.html
Referenced by pages:
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Mars

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