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BepiColombo Mission & Mercury Facts | ESA
Planet Mercury facts:
Mercury rotates about its own axis three times in every two orbits of the Sun.
Mercury was named so by the Romans, after the messenger of the gods.
Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it still has ice in its permanently shadowed craters.
Mercury has a lower average temperature than Venus, because it does not have an atmosphere to help regulate the temperature.
A day—from noon to noon—on Mercury lasts 176 Earth days, but a year is only 88 days.
Mercury is the most cratered planet in the Solar System.
BepiColombo Mission:
To investigate Mercury, the innermost and least explored planet in the inner Solar System.
BepiColombo Spacecraft:
Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM)
Launch date: October 2018
Launch vehicle: Ariane 5
Launch mass: 4100 kg, including 1400 kg of propellant, the 1230 kg MPO (of which 85 kg is science payload) and the 255 kg MMO (of which 45 kg is science payload)
Dimensions:
Composite spacecraft: 3.9 x 3.6 x 6.3 m (~30 m with MTM solar wings deployed)
MPO: 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.7 m; radiator width: 3.7 m, solar wing (deployed): 7.5 m
MMO: 1.8 m diameter, 1.1 m high
Planned journey milestones:
(Based on launch in October 2018)
Launch: October 2018
Earth flyby: April 6, 2020
First Venus flyby: October 12, 2020
Second Venus flyby: August 11, 2021
First Mercury flyby: October 2, 2021
Second Mercury flyby: June 23, 2022
Third Mercury flyby: June 20, 2023
Fourth Mercury flyby: September 5, 2024
Fifth Mercury flyby: December 2, 2024
Sixth Mercury flyby: January 9, 2025
Arrival at Mercury: December 5, 2025
MPO reaches science orbit: March 14, 2026
End of nominal mission: May 1, 2027
End of planned extended mission: May 1, 2028
MPO instruments:
BELA: BepiColombo Laser Altimeter
ISA: Italian Spring Accelerometer
MPO-MAG: Magnetic Field Investigation
MERTIS: Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
MGNS: Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer
MIXS: Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
MORE: Mercury Orbiter Radio science Experiment
PHEBUS: Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
SERENA: Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances
SIMBIO-SYS: Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory
SIXS: Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer
MMO instruments:
MMO-MAG: Mercury Magnetometer
MPPE: Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment
PWI: Mercury Plasma Wave Instrument
MSASI: Mercury Sodium Atmosphere Spectral Imager
MDM: Mercury Dust Monitor
Partnerships:
BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
JAXA provides the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter and ESA provides the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, the Mercury Transfer Module, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter’s Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF).
Mission facts
The mission is named in honor of the Italian mathematician and engineer Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo (1920–84).
Over 35 companies in Europe, along with teams in the US and Japan, have contributed to the construction of the mission.
BepiColombo will be only the third mission to visit Mercury, and the second to enter orbit. The first was NASA’s Mariner 10, which flew past three times between 1974 and 1975; the second was NASA’s Messenger, which orbited the planet from 2011–2015.
BepiColombo comprises two science orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. They will travel together to Mercury, attached to the Mercury Transfer Module.
Despite travelling towards the Sun, the transfer module requires a large solar array. Because of the high temperatures, they cannot directly face the Sun for long periods without becoming degraded, so they have to be inclined towards the Sun, and thus require a greater area to achieve the same power requirements.
The Sun’s enormous gravity presents a challenge in placing a spacecraft into a stable orbit around Mercury—even more energy is needed than sending a mission to Pluto.
Credit & Copyright: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab
Release Date: July 6, 2017
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Planet Mercury facts:
Mercury rotates about its own axis three times in every two orbits of the Sun.
Mercury was named so by the Romans, after the messenger of the gods.
Even though Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, it still has ice in its permanently shadowed craters.
Mercury has a lower average temperature than Venus, because it does not have an atmosphere to help regulate the temperature.
A day—from noon to noon—on Mercury lasts 176 Earth days, but a year is only 88 days.
Mercury is the most cratered planet in the Solar System.
BepiColombo Mission:
To investigate Mercury, the innermost and least explored planet in the inner Solar System.
BepiColombo Spacecraft:
Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM)
Launch date: October 2018
Launch vehicle: Ariane 5
Launch mass: 4100 kg, including 1400 kg of propellant, the 1230 kg MPO (of which 85 kg is science payload) and the 255 kg MMO (of which 45 kg is science payload)
Dimensions:
Composite spacecraft: 3.9 x 3.6 x 6.3 m (~30 m with MTM solar wings deployed)
MPO: 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.7 m; radiator width: 3.7 m, solar wing (deployed): 7.5 m
MMO: 1.8 m diameter, 1.1 m high
Planned journey milestones:
(Based on launch in October 2018)
Launch: October 2018
Earth flyby: April 6, 2020
First Venus flyby: October 12, 2020
Second Venus flyby: August 11, 2021
First Mercury flyby: October 2, 2021
Second Mercury flyby: June 23, 2022
Third Mercury flyby: June 20, 2023
Fourth Mercury flyby: September 5, 2024
Fifth Mercury flyby: December 2, 2024
Sixth Mercury flyby: January 9, 2025
Arrival at Mercury: December 5, 2025
MPO reaches science orbit: March 14, 2026
End of nominal mission: May 1, 2027
End of planned extended mission: May 1, 2028
MPO instruments:
BELA: BepiColombo Laser Altimeter
ISA: Italian Spring Accelerometer
MPO-MAG: Magnetic Field Investigation
MERTIS: Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
MGNS: Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer
MIXS: Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
MORE: Mercury Orbiter Radio science Experiment
PHEBUS: Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
SERENA: Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances
SIMBIO-SYS: Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory
SIXS: Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer
MMO instruments:
MMO-MAG: Mercury Magnetometer
MPPE: Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment
PWI: Mercury Plasma Wave Instrument
MSASI: Mercury Sodium Atmosphere Spectral Imager
MDM: Mercury Dust Monitor
Partnerships:
BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
JAXA provides the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter and ESA provides the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, the Mercury Transfer Module, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter’s Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF).
Mission facts
The mission is named in honor of the Italian mathematician and engineer Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo (1920–84).
Over 35 companies in Europe, along with teams in the US and Japan, have contributed to the construction of the mission.
BepiColombo will be only the third mission to visit Mercury, and the second to enter orbit. The first was NASA’s Mariner 10, which flew past three times between 1974 and 1975; the second was NASA’s Messenger, which orbited the planet from 2011–2015.
BepiColombo comprises two science orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. They will travel together to Mercury, attached to the Mercury Transfer Module.
Despite travelling towards the Sun, the transfer module requires a large solar array. Because of the high temperatures, they cannot directly face the Sun for long periods without becoming degraded, so they have to be inclined towards the Sun, and thus require a greater area to achieve the same power requirements.
The Sun’s enormous gravity presents a challenge in placing a spacecraft into a stable orbit around Mercury—even more energy is needed than sending a mission to Pluto.
Credit & Copyright: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab
Release Date: July 6, 2017
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Bepicolombo Spacecraft Facts | ESA
Launching Fall 2018
BepiColombo Mission:
To investigate Mercury, the innermost and least explored planet in the inner Solar System.
BepiColombo Spacecraft:
Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM)
Launch date: October 2018
Launch vehicle: Ariane 5
Launch mass: 4100 kg, including 1400 kg of propellant, the 1230 kg MPO (of which 85 kg is science payload) and the 255 kg MMO (of which 45 kg is science payload)
Dimensions:
Composite spacecraft: 3.9 x 3.6 x 6.3 m (~30 m with MTM solar wings deployed)
MPO: 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.7 m; radiator width: 3.7 m, solar wing (deployed): 7.5 m
MMO: 1.8 m diameter, 1.1 m high
Planned journey milestones:
(Based on launch in October 2018)
Launch: October 2018
Earth flyby: April 6, 2020
First Venus flyby: October 12, 2020
Second Venus flyby: August 11, 2021
First Mercury flyby: October 2, 2021
Second Mercury flyby: June 23, 2022
Third Mercury flyby: June 20, 2023
Fourth Mercury flyby: September 5, 2024
Fifth Mercury flyby: December 2, 2024
Sixth Mercury flyby: January 9, 2025
Arrival at Mercury: December 5, 2025
MPO reaches science orbit: March 14, 2026
End of nominal mission: May 1, 2027
End of planned extended mission: May 1, 2028
MPO instruments:
BELA: BepiColombo Laser Altimeter
ISA: Italian Spring Accelerometer
MPO-MAG: Magnetic Field Investigation
MERTIS: Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
MGNS: Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer
MIXS: Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
MORE: Mercury Orbiter Radio science Experiment
PHEBUS: Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
SERENA: Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances
SIMBIO-SYS: Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory
SIXS: Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer
MMO instruments:
MMO-MAG: Mercury Magnetometer
MPPE: Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment
PWI: Mercury Plasma Wave Instrument
MSASI: Mercury Sodium Atmosphere Spectral Imager
MDM: Mercury Dust Monitor
Partnerships:
BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
JAXA provides the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter and ESA provides the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, the Mercury Transfer Module, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter’s Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF).
Mission facts
The mission is named in honor of the Italian mathematician and engineer Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo (1920–84).
Over 35 companies in Europe, along with teams in the US and Japan, have contributed to the construction of the mission.
BepiColombo will be only the third mission to visit Mercury, and the second to enter orbit. The first was NASA’s Mariner 10, which flew past three times between 1974 and 1975; the second was NASA’s Messenger, which orbited the planet from 2011–2015.
BepiColombo comprises two science orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. They will travel together to Mercury, attached to the Mercury Transfer Module.
Despite travelling towards the Sun, the transfer module requires a large solar array. Because of the high temperatures, they cannot directly face the Sun for long periods without becoming degraded, so they have to be inclined towards the Sun, and thus require a greater area to achieve the same power requirements.
The Sun’s enormous gravity presents a challenge in placing a spacecraft into a stable orbit around Mercury—even more energy is needed than sending a mission to Pluto.
Credit & Copyright: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab
Release Date: July 6, 2017
+European Space Agency, ESA
+JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
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+JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
#ESA #JAXA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Mercury #Planet #BepiColombo #Orbiter #Magnetospheric #Planetary #Spacecraft #Europe #Japan #日本 #Facts #Infographic #STEM #Education #宇宙航空研究開発機構
Launching Fall 2018
BepiColombo Mission:
To investigate Mercury, the innermost and least explored planet in the inner Solar System.
BepiColombo Spacecraft:
Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), and the Mercury Transport Module (MTM)
Launch date: October 2018
Launch vehicle: Ariane 5
Launch mass: 4100 kg, including 1400 kg of propellant, the 1230 kg MPO (of which 85 kg is science payload) and the 255 kg MMO (of which 45 kg is science payload)
Dimensions:
Composite spacecraft: 3.9 x 3.6 x 6.3 m (~30 m with MTM solar wings deployed)
MPO: 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.7 m; radiator width: 3.7 m, solar wing (deployed): 7.5 m
MMO: 1.8 m diameter, 1.1 m high
Planned journey milestones:
(Based on launch in October 2018)
Launch: October 2018
Earth flyby: April 6, 2020
First Venus flyby: October 12, 2020
Second Venus flyby: August 11, 2021
First Mercury flyby: October 2, 2021
Second Mercury flyby: June 23, 2022
Third Mercury flyby: June 20, 2023
Fourth Mercury flyby: September 5, 2024
Fifth Mercury flyby: December 2, 2024
Sixth Mercury flyby: January 9, 2025
Arrival at Mercury: December 5, 2025
MPO reaches science orbit: March 14, 2026
End of nominal mission: May 1, 2027
End of planned extended mission: May 1, 2028
MPO instruments:
BELA: BepiColombo Laser Altimeter
ISA: Italian Spring Accelerometer
MPO-MAG: Magnetic Field Investigation
MERTIS: Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
MGNS: Mercury Gamma-ray and Neutron Spectrometer
MIXS: Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
MORE: Mercury Orbiter Radio science Experiment
PHEBUS: Probing of Hermean Exosphere by Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
SERENA: Search for Exosphere Refilling and Emitted Neutral Abundances
SIMBIO-SYS: Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory
SIXS: Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer
MMO instruments:
MMO-MAG: Mercury Magnetometer
MPPE: Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment
PWI: Mercury Plasma Wave Instrument
MSASI: Mercury Sodium Atmosphere Spectral Imager
MDM: Mercury Dust Monitor
Partnerships:
BepiColombo is a joint endeavour between ESA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA.
JAXA provides the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter and ESA provides the Mercury Planetary Orbiter, the Mercury Transfer Module, and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter’s Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF).
Mission facts
The mission is named in honor of the Italian mathematician and engineer Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo (1920–84).
Over 35 companies in Europe, along with teams in the US and Japan, have contributed to the construction of the mission.
BepiColombo will be only the third mission to visit Mercury, and the second to enter orbit. The first was NASA’s Mariner 10, which flew past three times between 1974 and 1975; the second was NASA’s Messenger, which orbited the planet from 2011–2015.
BepiColombo comprises two science orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter. They will travel together to Mercury, attached to the Mercury Transfer Module.
Despite travelling towards the Sun, the transfer module requires a large solar array. Because of the high temperatures, they cannot directly face the Sun for long periods without becoming degraded, so they have to be inclined towards the Sun, and thus require a greater area to achieve the same power requirements.
The Sun’s enormous gravity presents a challenge in placing a spacecraft into a stable orbit around Mercury—even more energy is needed than sending a mission to Pluto.
Credit & Copyright: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab
Release Date: July 6, 2017
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BepiColombo Mission to Mercury | ESA
Launching Fall 2018
Enjoy this animation visualizing BepiColombo's launch and cruise to Mercury. Some aspects have been simplified for the purpose of this animation. The joint European Space Agency-JAXA mission comprises the European Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, which will be transported to the innermost planet by the Mercury Transfer Module. The animation highlights several key milestones, including the solar array and antenna deployments once in space, through to the arrival at Mercury seven years later. When approaching Mercury, the transfer module will separate and the two science orbiters, still together, will be captured into orbit around the planet. Their altitude will be adjusted until the Magnetospheric Orbiter's desired orbit is reached. Then the Planetary Orbiter will separate and descend to its lower orbit, and the two craft will begin their scientific exploration of Mercury and its environment.
The upcoming launch window opens on October 5 and closes November 29, 2018.
More information: http://bit.ly/ESAsBepiColombo
Credits: European Space Agency (ESA)/ATG medialab
Duration: 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Release Date: June 25, 2018
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Launching Fall 2018
Enjoy this animation visualizing BepiColombo's launch and cruise to Mercury. Some aspects have been simplified for the purpose of this animation. The joint European Space Agency-JAXA mission comprises the European Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, which will be transported to the innermost planet by the Mercury Transfer Module. The animation highlights several key milestones, including the solar array and antenna deployments once in space, through to the arrival at Mercury seven years later. When approaching Mercury, the transfer module will separate and the two science orbiters, still together, will be captured into orbit around the planet. Their altitude will be adjusted until the Magnetospheric Orbiter's desired orbit is reached. Then the Planetary Orbiter will separate and descend to its lower orbit, and the two craft will begin their scientific exploration of Mercury and its environment.
The upcoming launch window opens on October 5 and closes November 29, 2018.
More information: http://bit.ly/ESAsBepiColombo
Credits: European Space Agency (ESA)/ATG medialab
Duration: 3 minutes, 39 seconds
Release Date: June 25, 2018
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Mars: Ice Block Avalanche | NASA MRO
The HiRISE camera oboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been re-imaging regions first photographed in 2006 through 2007, six Mars years ago. This long baseline allows us to see large, rare changes as well as many smaller changes.
One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This image shows many new ice blocks compared to an earlier image in December 2006.
MRO Image: Captured 319 km above the surface, less than 1 km across
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Release Date: June 27, 2018
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The HiRISE camera oboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been re-imaging regions first photographed in 2006 through 2007, six Mars years ago. This long baseline allows us to see large, rare changes as well as many smaller changes.
One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This image shows many new ice blocks compared to an earlier image in December 2006.
MRO Image: Captured 319 km above the surface, less than 1 km across
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Release Date: June 27, 2018
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Mars: Ice Block Avalanche | NASA MRO
The HiRISE camera oboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been re-imaging regions first photographed in 2006 through 2007, six Mars years ago. This long baseline allows us to see large, rare changes as well as many smaller changes.
One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This image shows many new ice blocks compared to an earlier image in December 2006.
MRO Imagery: Captured 319 km above the surface, less than 1 km across
Black and white images are 5 km across; enhanced color images are 1 km.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Narrator: Tre Gibbs
Caption Credit: Alfred McEwen
Duration: 40 seconds
Release Date: June 27, 2018
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The HiRISE camera oboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been re-imaging regions first photographed in 2006 through 2007, six Mars years ago. This long baseline allows us to see large, rare changes as well as many smaller changes.
One of the most actively changing areas on Mars are the steep edges of the North Polar layered deposits. This image shows many new ice blocks compared to an earlier image in December 2006.
MRO Imagery: Captured 319 km above the surface, less than 1 km across
Black and white images are 5 km across; enhanced color images are 1 km.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Narrator: Tre Gibbs
Caption Credit: Alfred McEwen
Duration: 40 seconds
Release Date: June 27, 2018
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Mars Before and After Dust Storm | NASA
July 19, 2018: Side-by-side video shows how dust has enveloped the Red Planet, courtesy of the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
The view from May shows Valles Marineris chasms (left), Meridiani center, an autumn dust storm in Acidalia (top) and the early spring south polar cap (bottom). The view from July shows the same regions, but most of the surface was obscured by the planet-encircling dust cloud and haze.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Duration: 10 seconds
Release Date: July 19, 2018
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July 19, 2018: Side-by-side video shows how dust has enveloped the Red Planet, courtesy of the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
The view from May shows Valles Marineris chasms (left), Meridiani center, an autumn dust storm in Acidalia (top) and the early spring south polar cap (bottom). The view from July shows the same regions, but most of the surface was obscured by the planet-encircling dust cloud and haze.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Duration: 10 seconds
Release Date: July 19, 2018
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