Mars Global Surveyor sees Mars Odyssey

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Mars Global Surveyor sees Mars Odyssey

Post #1by Brendan » 20.05.2005, 17:35

Mars Global Surveyor took a picture of Mars Odyssey from 90 km away and could see the spectometer boom. 8O :o

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7408
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Post #2by PlutonianEmpire » 20.05.2005, 19:26

Whoa! Way cool! :D
Terraformed Pluto: Now with New Horizons maps! :D
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Post #3by TERRIER » 20.05.2005, 22:35

Hey ! this isn't too far off :D

cel://PhaseLock/Sol:Mars:MGS/Sol:Mars:M ... 8659&lm=67

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Post #4by Evil Dr Ganymede » 23.05.2005, 00:15

Wow. Now THAT sort of thing is very cool :).

(almost as good as the pictures from Apollo 12 with the astronauts tinkering with a Surveyor lander in the foreground, with the Apollo lander in the background).
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