Tag: MRO
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NASA’s MRO Hits 100,000 Photos of Mars with HiRISE Milestone
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches a Landmark Milestone The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has achieved a remarkable milestone, underscoring the enduring value of long-term orbital science. NASA announced that its HiRISE camera – the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment – has now captured the 100,000th image of the surface of Mars. This achievement highlights decades…
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NASA Mars Probe HiRISE Reaches 100,000th Photo Milestone
HiRISE Nets 100,000 Mars Images: A Milestone for Modern Planetary Science The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA’s long-serving scout circling the Red Planet, has achieved a landmark: its camera, HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment), has captured its 100,000th image of Mars. The milestone, announced by NASA on Tuesday, underscores the mission’s longevity, the power…
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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captures 100,000th HiRISE photo of the Red Planet
Milestone for a Mercilessly Precise Explorer The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA’s long-running scout in orbit around the Red Planet, has reached a milestone that underscores the mission’s enduring impact: its HiRISE camera has captured 100,000 images of Mars. Announced by NASA on Tuesday, December 16, the achievement marks more than a decade of high-resolution…
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AU Unveils $30 Billion Plan to Revive Africa’s Struggling Aviation Network
Overview: A bold move to reconnect Africa The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious $30 billion plan designed to overhaul the continent’s aging aviation infrastructure, expand international and regional connectivity, and spur economic development. The initiative comes amid decades of underinvestment and fragmented air networks that have constrained travel, trade, and tourism across 54…
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Topology Reveals Hidden Rules Of Amorphous Materials
New insights into the softness of amorphous materials For decades, scientists have puzzled over why glass and other amorphous materials deform more easily in some regions than in others. A collaborative study from major Japanese institutions—The University of Osaka, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Okayama University, and the University of…
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3I/ATLAS: How Mars and Jupiter Probes Are Studying the Interstellar Comet
Interstellar visitor arrives: 3I/ATLAS in our planetary backyard The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has captured the attention of planetary scientists as it barrels through the inner solar system. First spotted in July 2025 by an ATLAS telescope in Chile, the object became only the third known interstellar traveler to visit our cosmic neighborhood. Its extrasolar origin…