Yes, and that was mentioned in the original article at the beginning of this thread also, re Toma's question. Except there it was just said to be the week of March 20, but not more specific than that. Not long now...

Now, the question, as we know that the qt.exploration.edu/mars is a image repository place of MER-x images, does anyone know where will go the future MRO's images. The mro webpage (http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/mro) looks like dead, the last update was of March 10. No recent updates about the MRO's orbit status and no any new news.

The University of Arizona’s super-powerful High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera is scheduled to relay first test shots of Mars on March 23 to the HiRISE Operations Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Rodolfo

Sorry, don't know - but if I hear info on the location of future pics I'll post here

Unlike MER, there isn't going to be a central repository for all MRO images, because each instrument team is doing its own thing so far as I know. You'll go to the HiRISE site for their images, you'll go to the MSSS site for MARCI and CTX, etc. I still don't know the details of anyone's release policy.

For these initial test images, I'd just keep an eye on the MRO website at JPL. I don't know what the release timetable for these images is either.

Speaking to JB - he doesnt know the image release policy for CTX and MARCI yet either.

He suggested that the intention is to wait till after the test images, and then make a decision during the 6 month hiatus.

History would suggest that CTX and MARCI probably wont get the same treatment that HiRISE will, and to be fair, the baseline now is 3 or 6 month batches, 6 months after aquisition, which MER, MGS and Odyssey are doing. Wr.t. real time raw JPG's - anything in the MER or Cassini style has to be considered a major bonus ( and at no small cost w.r.t. processing and hosting ) - it's all too easy to get complacent and assume that that's the sort of thing we can come to expect - but realistically, it isnt.

Doug

http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/HiRISE/public.html

Here's some information too.

Nico

First HiRISE Mars Images watch party blog:

http://hiroc.lpl.arizona.edu/first_images/

From Loretta:

A live web blog will be updated tonight and Saturday morning as HiRISE receives its first images from Mars! Please send to those who might be interested. The blog begins tonight, Thursday, March 23, about 9 p.m. On Saturday, March 25, it will be updated starting about 8 a.m.

The page will detail what's going on in HiROC, and will have images of the team viewing the first images will be posted, as well as information about HiRISE. The first images of Mars will also be posted here, probably some time Friday, as soon as NASA and JPL release them. HiRISE is scheduled to take four images on Thursday night, and four on Saturday morning.

The page will also be left up for those curious about the events in the future.

That site says: "The HiRISE camera -- the most powerful telescopic camera ever sent to another planet -- will take four images of Mars between 9:41 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. Mountain Time Thursday, March 23 (between 4:41 and 4:50 Universal Time Friday, March 24)."

I wonder if that's MRO time, or Earth received time.

It's MRO time. One-way light time is 13m02s but the data playback will take several hours, so I wouldn't expect any data until 2 AM PST at the earliest, and probably not until even later.

If I have understand this right MRO should send us 8 (eight) HiRISE images in the next few days...
That would be those monster 20,000 x 40,000 pixel images or color images up to 4,072 pixels wide?

The first images are in, as reported on the blog (1:31 am MST)!

"Sharp, clear and beautiful"...

From Loretta's blog :
THE FIRST HiRISE IMAGES ARE IN! And they are gorgeous! These images are sharp, clear and beautiful in the "quick-look" or raw form. "Incredible," says Candy Hansen, Deputy Principal Investigator.
The first image is 2.5 meters per pixel. The fourth image will be about 1.5 meters per pixel.

I can't wait to see them !

-- Rakhir

THE FIRST HiRISE IMAGES ARE IN! And they are gorgeous! These images are sharp, clear and beautiful in the "quick-look" or raw form. "Incredible," says Candy Hansen, Deputy Principal Investigator.

"I am VERY happy!" says Alfred McEwen, Principal Investigator and chief scientist of the HiRISE camera. "They are sharp, clear, and beautiful!"

But we won't let you see them until tomorrow
Yeah!!! He didn't say that part earlier...

My printer is ready

Nico

Aack!... My keyboard just shorted out from collected puddles of drooling!

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