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MRO

[Image of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)]

Launch Date:
August 12, 2005

Arrival:
2006

Target:
Mars

Status:
Active

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), launched August 12, 2005, is on a search for evidence that water persisted on the surface of Mars for a long period of time. While other Mars missions have shown that water flowed across the surface in Mars' history, it remains a mystery whether water was ever around long enough to provide a habitat for life.

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Astrogeology Research Program

What's USGS Astro doing for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ? Learn about our involvement in planning the mission and what we'll be doing in the months ahead as MRO visits Mars, and sends us pictures.

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