2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter
Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS)

• 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter launched April 7, 2001.
• The spacecraft arrived at Mars on October 24, 2001.
  
  
• MSSS Connection: MSSS fabricated the THEMIS visible imager, which acquires grayscale and color pictures with better than 20 meters per pixel resolution in up to 5 wavelength bands. MSSS President, Michael C. Malin, is a THEMIS science team Co-Investigator.

• THEMIS Home Page at Arizona State University

• 2001 Mars Odyssey Mission Page at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

• Mars Exploration Home Page at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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