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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Mars Color Imager (MARCI) and Context Camera (CTX)

MARCI and CTX Initial Results from Transition Orbit

Context and Neat Observations

MRO MARCI and CTX Releases MARCI2-4 and CTX-6 through CTX-10, 16 October 2006

These images show how MARCI will observe the planet globally, and illustrate how CTX combines spatial resolution with areal coverage to provide new perspectives about Mars.

Click here to view the release, 'North Polar Cap in September 2006'
MARCI2-4
North Polar Cap in Late September 2006
Click here to view the release, 'Juventae_Chasma'
CTX-6
Layered Mound in Juventae Chasma
Click here to view the release, 'Layered Sedimentary Rock in Becquerel Crater'
CTX-7
Layered Sedimentary Rock in Becquerel Crater Impact Crater
Click here to view the release, 'Polar Region observations'
CTX-8
North Polar Layers and Sand Dunes
Click here to view the release, 'Gullied Crater in Terra Sirenum'
CTX-9
Crater with Gullied Walls
Click here to view the release, 'Context for CRISM and HiRISE Observations near Mawrth Vallis'
CTX-10
Context for CRISM/HiRISE Data over Mawrth Vallis

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting the red planet since March 2006, and is just about to begin its science mission after aerobraking into a close, nearly circular orbit. During the last week of September and the first week of October, control and performance capabilities of the MRO spacecraft were tested and the science payload instruments were turned on to test their various operational modes and capabilities. On 16 October 2006, results of these first few days of tests and observations were discussed by investigators and managers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Mars Color Imager and Context Camera collected data throughout the "Transition Phase" (checkout period), and some of the results are shown on the linked pages.

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