Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter finds/images the Viking Landers!

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Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter finds/images the Viking Landers!

Post #1by Malenfant » 05.12.2006, 16:10

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/n ... id=2196418
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Post #2by Dollan » 06.12.2006, 02:08

Aren't they great!?

I hear a rumour is floating around that one of the Russian Mars landers might be on the imaging docket, though finding any of them could be a bit more problematic.

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Post #3by mmarable » 11.12.2006, 20:02

What I would love to see is an up close vist by a rover to either of the Viking landers. Could you imagine Spirit or Discover rolling up and photographing a Viking lander? I'm sure that even if they made a bee line to the closest one it would take a couple of years

That would be something to see though.
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