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Bookmark or Share- 2001 Mars Odyssey LaunchSet for launch April 7 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Odyssey is NASA's first mission to Mars since the loss of two spacecraft in 1999. Other than our Moon, Mars has attracted more spacecraft exploration attempts than any other object in the solar system, and no other planet has proved as daunting to success. Of the 30 mis-
- Odyssey Paper Model Instructions - NASA Mars ExplorationThis scale model of the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is designed for anyone interested, although it might be inappropriate for children younger than about ten years of age. Children should have adult supervision to assemble the model.
- Mars Mission Timeline - NASA Science - NASA Mars ExplorationThe mission is timed for launch when Earth and Mars are in good positions relative to each other for landing on Mars. That is, it takes less power to travel to Mars at this time, compared to other times when Earth and Mars are in different positions in their orbits.
- Mars Odyssey - NASA Science - NASA Mars ExplorationThe 2001 Mars Odyssey mission was the first spacecraft to make a global map of the chemical elements and minerals that make up the Martian surface. The spacecraft also holds the record for the longest continually active mission in orbit around a planet other than Earth.
- Mars - NASA Science - NASA Mars ExplorationMars Odyssey mission created the first global map of chemical elements and minerals that make up the Martian surface.
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