00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, also known as MRO.
00:08Some of the best cameras ever launched into space are on MRO,
00:12and the spacecraft has taken some seriously amazing photos of Mars.
00:15The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera,
00:19takes high-resolution photos of the Martian surface
00:21and has helped NASA scout the Red Planet for suitable landing sites for rovers like Curiosity.
00:25It also serves as a data relay station for other spacecraft on Mars
00:29that needed to beam back data to Earth.
00:31MRO has also studied water and ice on Mars,
00:34and its cameras have revealed some pretty weird landscapes.
00:36And that's what happened on this day in space.
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