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| show | A device that uses a laser to measure the distance to objects by timing how long it takes a beam of light to travel to an object and return.
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| show | This is the location of the permanent base and Mars Control. It was established at the site of the first Viking landing in 1976.
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| show | Literally means "fear". A natural satellite and moon of Mars; Deimos is the smaller of the two moons.
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| show | A device used to measure radioactivity.
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| show | Accepts signals from all probe components.
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| show | The Latin word for "plane" or an area having no elevations or depressions.
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| show | Total Dissolved Solids; how much material is dissolved in water.
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| show | A four mile deep canyon on Mars, Valles Marineris is the largest known canyon in the solar system that would reach all the way across North America.
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| show | The largest volcano on Mars.
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| show | The first rover on Mars.
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| show | A spacecraft orbiting Mars observing the geography of Mars.
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| show | The way a spacecraft can slow down by using the atmospheric drag of a planet.
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| show | The Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument on board the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft that is studying the minerals, rocks, and atmosphere of Mars.
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| show | Anything that a flight vehicle (like a spacecraft) carries beyond what is required for its operation during flight. This includes the scientific instruments and planetary rovers on the Mars missions.
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| show | The prototype rover being tested to get ready for the 2003 and 2005 Mars Return Sample Missions. The initials stand for Field Integrated Design and Operations.
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| show | The name of the 2003 and 2005 rovers that will be the rolling "field geologists" of the Mars Sample Return Missions.
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| show | This is where the FIDO rover was tested to see if the instruments and software could operate correctly before the Athena rover (the rover that FIDO is being tested for) was sent to Mars.
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| show | The 2003 and 2005 Mars missions that will be returning Mars rocks samples (drill cores) and Mars soils to Earth in 2008. Scientists will study these samples to learn more about Mars.
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| show | The instrument on the FIDO and Athena rovers that can detect iron minerals in soil and rocks. It has been tested on Earth and will be sent to Mars in 2003 and 2005.
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| Mars Surveyor 2001 Mission | show 🗑
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| show | National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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