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CaSSIS mission: The camera capturing Mars’ craters and canyons – Yahoo News Australia
The instrument takes images of dust storms, frost deposits and minerals on the Red Planet’s surface.
CaSSIS captures craters like this one, which is located in the Mawrth Vallis region of Mars
It is a busy time for Mars at the moment.
This month the Red Planet entered its new year, what is known as Year 36, and it has not long been overtaken by Earth in its orbit of the Sun.
The distance between Earth and Mars constantly changes because of their different speeds around the Sun, therefore the optimum launch window for missions is just once every 26 months when the planets come closest together.
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