Remote-sensing images of Mars contain rich information about its surface morphology, topography, and geological structure. These data are fundamental for scientific research and exploration missions ...
When NASA sent the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to the Red Planet in 2006, the spacecraft took an instrument with it called CRISM — Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars. CRISM’s ...
Today, humans have a clear-eyed view of Mars and its bleak, ruddy surface. Since the 1960s, nearly two dozen spacecraft have visited Mars and beamed back images of its landscapes. Just this week, two ...
Tempe, Ariz. -- A heat-sensing camera designed at Arizona State University has provided data to create the most detailed global map yet made of Martian surface properties. The map uses data from the ...