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Mars the Red Planet.(Brief Article)
When the Mars Observer reaches its planned orbit altitude in a year, it will orbit Mars for a full Martian year--687 Earth days. The instruments aboard Mars Observer will collect data about the Martian atmosphere and will map the surface of the planet in greater detail than the Mariner and Viking explorations of Mars in the 1950s and 1960s did.
Instruments on Mars Observer will measure how much water exists in the Martian atmosphere and on its surface. They will also measure the temperature and pressure on the Martian surface and in its atmosphere. They will record the velocity of the Martian winds, previously shown to be fierce.
When the data Mars Observer sends back to Earth is studied, the most fascinating questions of all about Mars may be answered: Will people from Earth be able to exist on their closest neighboring planet? Will they be able to set up a space colony there to create "a world next door."
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. September 2, 1992--The skies above Florida were clear this morning. Scientists and technicians at the Kennedy Space Center made their final checks and...5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!
A Titan III rocket climbed upward, carrying the spaceship Mars Observer on its way to the "red planet," in the latest U.S. space mission to study Mars.
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