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  1. It varies based on factors like our mass, the planet's gravity, and the di ance between you and the planet's center. If you weighed 100 lbs on Earth, you would weigh only 38 lbs on Mars!

  2. 3029 Search Results for "mars reconnaissance orbiter"

    Jan 23, 2025 · Explore this collection of Mars images, videos, resources, PDFs, and toolkits. Discover valuable content designed to inform, educate, and inspire, all conveniently accessible in one place.

  3. Mars - NASA Science

    Nov 24, 2025 · Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape. NASA missions have found lots of evidence …

  4. Deimos - NASA Science - NASA Mars Exploration

    Nov 3, 2024 · However, the gravity from Mars will keep a ring of this debris around the planet in approximately the same region that the moon orbits. As the moon revolves, the debris is redeposited …

  5. NASA launched a multipurpose spacecraft named Mars Re-connaissance Orbiter on Aug. 12, 2005 to advance our under-standing of Mars through detailed observation, to examine po-tential landing sites …

  6. At 1:42 p.m. PDTon June 30, 1997, the flight team commanded the spacecraft to switch into its mode for entry, descent and landing on Mars. On July 3, 1997, at about 4 a.m. PDT, the spacecraft passed …

  7. Prove powered flight in the thin atmosphere of Mars. The Red Planet has lower gravity (about one-third that of Earth) but its atmosphere is just 1% as thick, making it much harder to generate lift.

  8. The initial capture by Mars’ gravity on March 10 will put the spacecraft into a very elon-gated, 5-hour orbit. The planned orbit for science observations is a low-altitude, nearly circular, two-hour loop.

  9. Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity Rover - NASA Science

    Aug 6, 2025 · Curiosity set out to answer the question: Did Mars ever have the right environmental conditions to support small life forms called microbes? Early in its mission, Curiosity's scientific tools …

  10. Prove powered flight in the thin atmosphere of Mars. The Red Planet has lower gravity (about one-third that of Earth) but its atmosphere is just 1% as thick, making it much harder to generate lift.