2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter Launch Date: April 07, 2001 Mission
Project Home Page - http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/
Still in orbit around Mars, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft
has collected thousands of images and continues to send
information to Earth about Martian geology, climate, and
mineralogy. Measurements by Odyssey have enabled scientists to
create maps of minerals and chemical elements and identify
regions with buried water ice. Images that measure the surface
temperature have provided spectacular views of Martian
topography. Odyssey Views A Surface Changed by FloodsChannels
scoured by ancient outbursts of flood waters are seen in this
orbital view from Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System. The
channels are billions of years old and have likely been affected
by multiple processes over time. Here, two channels, Tiu Vallis
on the left and Ares Vallis on the right, flow northward from
the highlands of the southern hemisphere of Mars. The stark
difference between today's cold, dry Mars an