A satellite orbiting Mars completed its primary two-year mission and, after a pause, will be ready for another, NASA announced. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of a complex Martian history of climate change that produced a diversity of past watery environments. That satellite returned 73 terabits of science data, more than all earlier Mars missions combined. It will build on this record as it continues to examine Mars in unprecedented detail during its next two-year phase of science operations.…
Mars Orbiter, Having Found Signs Water Once Was Plentiful On Red Planet, Wraps Up Mission, Begins New Phase
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