Difference between revisions of "MOC Public Targeting Program"

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Mars Global Surveyor was launched on November 7, 1996 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Florida). Mars Global Surveyor was the first successful US mission launched to Mars in 20 years since the Viking mission in 1976. On November 2, 2006 it was lost due to loss of power (through incorrect alignment of the solar panels).  The camera returned 243,668 images while in orbit around Mars.<ref name="malin" />  Mars Orbiter Camera was operated by its manufacturer, Malin Space Science Systems, from its facilities in San Diego, California.<ref name="pic" />
 
Mars Global Surveyor was launched on November 7, 1996 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Florida). Mars Global Surveyor was the first successful US mission launched to Mars in 20 years since the Viking mission in 1976. On November 2, 2006 it was lost due to loss of power (through incorrect alignment of the solar panels).  The camera returned 243,668 images while in orbit around Mars.<ref name="malin" />  Mars Orbiter Camera was operated by its manufacturer, Malin Space Science Systems, from its facilities in San Diego, California.<ref name="pic" />
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==Examples of pictures taken through Public Target program==
 
==Examples of pictures taken through Public Target program==

Revision as of 06:38, 27 December 2023

The MOC Public Targeting Program was a very popular program that followed the Mars Global Surveyor's pictures of Mars. A total of 4,636 requests came in from the general public. Of these, 1,086 were photographed by the Mars Observer Camera. Many of the requests eventually resulted in publications. A little more than half of the requests came from a single member of the general public.[1] One of the people wrote in the Planetary Report that working with MGS was as exciting as being a football fan able to run a few plays in the Super Bowl.[2] Images from the Public Target program can be found at http://www.msss.com/moc_gallery/

Mars Global Surveyor was launched on November 7, 1996 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Florida). Mars Global Surveyor was the first successful US mission launched to Mars in 20 years since the Viking mission in 1976. On November 2, 2006 it was lost due to loss of power (through incorrect alignment of the solar panels). The camera returned 243,668 images while in orbit around Mars.[3] Mars Orbiter Camera was operated by its manufacturer, Malin Space Science Systems, from its facilities in San Diego, California.[4]

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Examples of pictures taken through Public Target program

  1. Malin, M., et al. 2010. An overview of the 1885-2006 Mars Orbiter Camera science investigation. Mars: 5. 1-60. Template:Doi
  2. Secosky. J. 2007. "Public involvement." The Planetary Report: 27.19
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