Mars Odyssey Mission




The Spacecraft


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Read about the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission
and its instruments here.





Read about the mgs Science Objectives here.





Marks Left by Water (observed with Themis)





  Alluvial Fans


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  Debris flows and landslides


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  Braided rivers


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  Landslides


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 Hematite


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Read about the other discoveries of themis, the
THermal EMission Imaging System of Mars Odyssey.




Cydonia: Martian Mystery Region



The Cydonia Region with "the Face"


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Find "The Face" in the above zoomable image (answer)



Valles Marineris



  Valles Marineris


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 View this Canyon with the zoomable image:


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 Movie: fly into the Valles Marineris
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Mars Maps



  Water Map


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 Potassium Map


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Find more maps of other chemical
elements like Si, Fe, Cl and Th here.




Google Mars








background photo: Tooting Crater, Mars (Credit: Themis, Mars Odyssey, NASA)
http://themis.asu.edu/features/tooting