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Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime

Posted by timothy on from the time-and-a-half dept.

thhamm writes "NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter begins working overtime today after completing a prime mission that discovered vast supplies of frozen water, ran a safety check for future astronauts, and mapped surface textures and minerals all over Mars, among other feats. An extended Mission until 2006 has been approved, and I hope it will last that long, maybe doing more safety checks for astronauts :)"

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  1. Re:Next stop, South Polar region? by thhamm · · Score: 5, Informative

    they tried this already, with the Mars Polar Lander. but they lost it.

    dont know if they will try again though.

  2. yay for Odyssey! by Guano_Jim · · Score: 5, Informative

    Odyssey was launched in 2001... here's the mission timeline for more details.

    The cute little bugger looks like this.

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