Next stop: Mars. On Saturday the 2001 Mars Odyssey [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ] spacecraft lifted off [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ] from Cape Canaveral [
http://www.patrick.… ], Florida [
http://www.census.g… ] on a path to enter orbit around Mars [
http://www.nineplan… ] in late October. Pictured [
http://www-pao.ksc.… ] above [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ], a Delta II [
http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] rocket lifted [
http://antwrp.gsfc.… ] the robot spacecraft, located in the nose cone, off the launch pad, while a camera mounted on the side of the rocket took the inset picture. The Odyssey orbiter [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ] will map the locations of chemical elements [
http://pearl1.lanl.… ] and minerals [
http://helio.estec.… ], look for evidence of water [
http://antwrp.gsfc.… ], and measure the Martian radiation environment [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ]. These data will help NASA better determine whether life ever arose on Mars [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ], better understand the climate [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ] and geology [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ] or Mars, and better plan for future human exploration [
http://mars.jpl.nas… ]. The spacecraft's name is a tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey [
http://kubrickfilms… ], an epic fictional story of future space exploration written [
http://www.visual-m… ] by Arthur C. Clarke [
http://library.thin… ].
explanation
Next stop: Mars. On Saturday the 2001 Mars Odyssey [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/overview/index.html ] spacecraft lifted off [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/launch.html ] from Cape Canaveral [ http://www.patrick.af.mil/faq.htm ], Florida [ http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/12.html ] on a path to enter orbit around Mars [ http://www.nineplanets.org/mars.html ] in late October. Pictured [ http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/captions/2001/apr/01padig181.htm ] above [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/launch.html ], a Delta II [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990712.html ] rocket lifted [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990405.html ] the robot spacecraft, located in the nose cone, off the launch pad, while a camera mounted on the side of the rocket took the inset picture. The Odyssey orbiter [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/spacecraft.html ] will map the locations of chemical elements [ http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/ ] and minerals [ http://helio.estec.esa.nl/intermarsnet/redreport/node22.html ], look for evidence of water [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000626.html ], and measure the Martian radiation environment [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/technology/marie.html ]. These data will help NASA better determine whether life ever arose on Mars [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/science/life/index.html ], better understand the climate [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/science/climate/index.html ] and geology [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/science/geology/index.html ] or Mars, and better plan for future human exploration [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/science/human/index.html ]. The spacecraft's name is a tribute to 2001: A Space Odyssey [ http://kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/video_detail/2001/ ], an epic fictional story of future space exploration written [ http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0073.html ] by Arthur C. Clarke [ http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/clarke/acchome.html ].
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