It has been less than a year since beginning the prime science phase of its mission; NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has so far been a huge success by returning a vast amount of data. The amount of data is equivalent to about 5,000 CD-ROMS full and exceeds the total from all other current and past Mars missions combined. The biggest shares of data come from two (there are 6 total) science instruments. The camera team in charge of the Orbiter is also releasing a color movie covering Mars Science Laboratory landing site in Nili Fossae. It is amazing to me just how much information we are getting from Mars.
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