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February 23, 2001
1:00 PM PST
(UTC -8 hours)

What is New:23-FEB-2001


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MGS Site Map
A graphical page to assist in rapidly locating information.

Directory of All MGS Links
A fast loading directory of all links to pages on the MGS web site.

Mars Home Page


Mission Operations

Latest Images from Mars
View the most recent pictures of the Martian surface.

Weekly MSOP Reports
We are now reporting mission status in synopsis form on a weekly basis.

Live Spacecraft Telemetry
Follow this link to find out realtime information about all of the spacecraft's systems.

Live from MGS / 2001 Odyssey Command Center
View live pictures of the MSOP command center. Page refreshes automatically once every minute.

Aerobraking Orbital Parameters

Key MGS Team Members
Bios of MGS Managers

Spacecraft High-Res Artwork


Archived Mission Data

Targeted Observations
View pictures the Cydonia region 's
"Face on Mars" , Pathfinder, and Viking landing sites taken during the first Science Phasing Orbit.

Spacecraft VRML Models
View VRML models of Spacecraft in different flight configurations.

Spacecraft Animations
Animations showing the spacecraft in relation to Mars during aerobraking. Movies can be downloaded in either Quicktime or MPEG format.

MGS Project Documents
Over 4,600 pages of detailed Mars Global Surveyor mission documents in Adobe PDF files.

Nov 97 Press Conference
Description of changes to the mission plan due to extended aerobraking.

Additional Archived Mission Data


Related Web Sites

NASA EXPLORING MARS
NASA site highlighting technology and experience required for human exploration of Mars.

Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team Education Outreach Program
Lessons and Activities
for grades K-12

JPL Planetary Photo Journal
The primary repository of officially released images from all NASA solar system exploration missions.

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  Current Mars Images and Science


MOC2-279
Red Rover Student Images
February 2001

MGS at End of Primary Mission
Start of Extended Mission

NASA celebrates its highly successful Mars Global Surveyor mission, which has collected more information about the red planet than all previous missions combined. Mars Global Surveyor completed its primary mission at 4:33:22 p.m. (PST) on January 31, 2001.

The spacecraft will immediately move into an extended mission phase, continuing to study the planet's topography, seasonal changes, and internal and atmospheric structures.

31-JAN-2001 -- MSSS - MOC2-269 to MOC2-278


Latest MGS Images from Mars Orbit

PDS Release of MGS MOC Images

25-JAN-2001 -- New Science Results from MOLA

MOLA Observations of Snow and Clouds

National Geographic map of Mars using MGS MOLA and MOC data

A high-resolution global shade map

Tharsis/Chryse image, as published in the February 2001 issue of Sky and Telescope

MOLA map with major surface features labeled

Top 10 Scientific Achievements from MOLA


08-NOV-2000 -- New publication-quality global and polar shaded relief images from MOLA

New High Resolution Data from MOLA

Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA

MOLA Views of Valles Marineris

MOLA Data Product Archives - New global topographic grid with resolution


18-JUL-2000 -- The ten most significant science achievements of MGS during its first year of mapping, ordered from the interior of the planet outward.

22-JUN-2000 -- MSSS Finds Evidence of Flowing Water on Mars

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01-MAY-2000 -- New animations of TES broadband visible and near-infrared reflectance!

More Updates in Archived Science Data Repository

 

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Current Postion of Earth and Mars

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Position of Spacecraft in Relation to Mars During Telemetry Playback

Remote Science Team Websites

ASU - Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) Home Page

ASU - Daily Temperature Profiles of the Surface of Mars

GSFC - MGS Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter

GSFC - MGS Magnetometer and Electron Reflectometer

MSSS - MGS Mars Orbiter Camera

STANFORD - MGS Radio Science Team

STANFORD - Martian Weather from Radio Science Team

 

Archived Images and Science Data

Targeted Observations

View pictures the Cydonia region 's "Face on Mars" , Pathfinder, and Viking landing sites taken during the first Science Phasing Orbit.

Archived Images and Science Data Repository


Refer to our list of contacts to properly direct general inquiries.

For technical questions or comments on this website contact:
Kirk Goodall
(kirk.goodall@jpl.nasa.gov), Mars Web Engineer