Jet Propulsion Laboratory: NASA's Odyssey Orbiter Marks 20 Historic Years of Mapping Mars
April 08, 2021
April 08, 2021
PASADENA, California, April 8 -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
For two decades, the longest-lived spacecraft at the Red Planet has helped locate water ice, assess landing sites, and study the planet's mysterious moons.
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched 20 years ago on April 7, making it the oldest spacecraft still working at the Red Planet. The orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke's classic sci-fi novel "2001: . . .
For two decades, the longest-lived spacecraft at the Red Planet has helped locate water ice, assess landing sites, and study the planet's mysterious moons.
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft launched 20 years ago on April 7, making it the oldest spacecraft still working at the Red Planet. The orbiter, which takes its name from Arthur C. Clarke's classic sci-fi novel "2001: . . .