00:00 On this day in space.
00:03 In 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, also known as MRO.
00:08 Some of the best cameras ever launched into space are on MRO, and the spacecraft has taken some seriously amazing photos of Mars.
00:15 The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, takes high resolution photos of the Martian surface
00:21 and has helped NASA scout the Red Planet for suitable landing sites for rovers like Curiosity.
00:25 It also serves as a data relay station for other spacecraft on Mars that needed to beam back data to Earth.
00:31 MRO has also studied water and ice on Mars, and its cameras have revealed some pretty weird landscapes.
00:36 And that's what happened on this day in space.
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