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Nov 11 2004, 11:46 PM
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http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, are Europe’s highest-resolution pictures so far of the Martian moon Phobos. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM21TVJD1E_0.html |
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Mar 3 2010, 10:37 PM
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It wasn't that taking photographs was prohibited - it was that the spacecraft had to orient itself to protect itself during the closest approach because of cometary particles etc, and then continue departure imaging thereafter. It was protecting the entire spacecraft so it could finish its mission, not the camera.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpa...line/index.html "Flyby spacecraft enters shield mode" |
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Mar 4 2010, 02:09 AM
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