Mars: Return to the Red Planet

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Mars Return to the Red Planet

• 4Th Planet from the Sun
• A Terrestrial world, with some similar Earth-ike
  characteristics
• 40 years of spaceprobe exploration
• http//www.astro.yorku.ca/observatory
• E-mail pdelaney_at_yorku.ca

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York University Astronomical Observatory
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SkyNews Canadian Astronomy and beyond!
www.skynews.ca
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Mariner 4 1965Mariner 6 7 1969Mariner 9
1971
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Mars Two Views
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Mars Vital Stats
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Mars Up Close
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Viking Orbiter 1976
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Viking Lander 1976
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Viking 1 First Image
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Viking Lander Site 1976
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Pathfinder and Sojourner 1997
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Pathfinder 1997
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Mars Global Surveyor 1997
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Mars Odyssey 2001
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Gustev Crater from Mars Odyssey March 2003
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Mars The Case for Water
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Spirit 2004
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Spirit EDL
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Spirit Panorama in Gustev Crater
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All around Spirit