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Mars Climate Orbiter

The Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter) was a 638-kilogram (1407 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998, to study the Martian climate, Martian atmosphere, and surface changes and to act as the communications relay in the Mars Surveyor '98 program for Mars Polar Lander. However, on September 23, 1999, communication with the spacecraft was permanently lost as it went into orbital insertion. The spacecraft encountered Mars on a trajectory that brought it too close to the planet, and it was either destroyed in the atmosphere or escaped the planet's vicinity and entered an orbit around the Sun. An investigation attributed the failure to a measurement mismatch between two software systems: metric units by NASA and US customary units by spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin. (Wikipedia).

Mars Climate Orbiter
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How’s the Weather on Mars? (NASA Mars Report for November 15, 2021)

Seasons change even on Mars and NASA's fleet of explorers are helping scientists learn more about the effects on the Red Planet. NASA's Perseverance and Curiosity rovers provide daily weather reports by measuring conditions such as humidity, temperature, and wind speed on the surface. Orbi

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Mars Flying Down to Frost Patches and Crater Floors

Revel in these new images from one of the greatest photo collections every assembled. From the HIRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA/JPL/University of Arizona.

From playlist The Solar System

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Phoenix -- A Tribute

After a picture-perfect landing, the Phoenix Mars Lander returned unprecedented views and new findings from Mars' north polar region.

From playlist Phoenix Mars Lander

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JPL Video: Phoenix Mars Lander: Hunting for Habitats

Literally going where no spacecraft has gone before, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will visit the north polar region of Mars.

From playlist Phoenix Mars Lander

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NOVA | NOVA Short | The Weather on Mars

Is the weather on Mars anything like the weather on Earth? NOVA asked Vicky Hipkin from the Canadian Space Agency, who was part of the recent Phoenix Mission to explore conditions on the Red Planet. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at pbs.org/nova. Video pod

From playlist Space + Flight

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Cosmic Journeys - Mars: Earth that Never Was

Did Mars long ago develop far enough for life to arise? If so, does anything still live within Mars' dusty plains, beneath its ice caps, or somewhere underground? In 1964 the Mariner Four spacecraft flew by Mars and got a good look. What it saw looked more like the Moon than the Earth. T

From playlist The Solar System

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Teach Astronomy - Atmosphere of Mars

http://www.teachastronomy.com/ Mars is cold and dry, a frozen desert. The temperature ranges from about -120 degrees Fahrenheit, or 190 Kelvin, up to about -20 degrees Fahrenheit, or 240 Kelvin. On a summer afternoon in Mars the soil can be warmer, even a little above the freezing point

From playlist 09. Outer Planets and Planetary Atmospheres

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NASA | Investigating the Martian Atmosphere

The Martian surface bears ample evidence of flowing water in its youth, from crater lakes and riverbeds to minerals that only form in water. But today Mars is cold and dry, and scientists think that the loss of Mars' water may have been caused by the loss of its early atmosphere. NASA's Ma

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NASA | Mars Evolution

Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water - a critical ingredient for life. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this ancient clement period, beginn

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JPL and the Space Age: The Breaking Point

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s success in landing the low-cost Mars Pathfinder mission in 1997 was viewed as proof that spacecraft could be built more often and for far less money — a radical cultural change NASA termed “Faster, Better, Cheaper.” This era also coincided with the discover

From playlist JPL and the Space Age

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When NASA Lost a Spacecraft Because It Didn't Use Metric - It Happened in Space #21

The metric system is the standard in science, but in 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter became an unfortunate casualty of a mix-up between newtons (metric) and pounds (imperial)

From playlist YouTube Space Lab: From 250 Miles Above Earth

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MRO: 10 Years at Mars (live public talk)

Original air date: March 24, 2016, at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET, 0200 UTC) Our eyes in the sky at Mars include the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been orbiting Mars for 10 years. The orbiter has sent back thousands of high-resolution images and more data than all Mars missions combi

From playlist Von Karman Public Talks

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Astronomy - Ch. 12: Mars (9 of 25) Mars at Opposition and Conjunction

Visit http://ilectureonline.com for more math and science lectures! To donate: http://www.ilectureonline.com/donate https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3236071 We will learn about Mars at opposition and at conjunction in association to Earth. Next video in this series can be seen at: https:/

From playlist ASTRONOMY 12 MARS

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How Did NASA Lose a Mars Space Probe Because of Maths?

https://brilliant.org/CuriousDroid/ The loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter was an embarrassing moment for both NASA and Lockheed-Martin but how did some of the best scientists and engineers in the world lose their Mars space probe because of a maths issue. Sponsored by Brilliant.org - Have

From playlist Rockets and Space Craft

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Incredible Facts About The Planets In Our Solar System | Zenith Compilation | Spark

Space is full of wonder and mysteries, and the planets in our solar system are often the objects that piqued our interest. Join us in exploring these wonderful planets in our milky way, and what is so special about each of them. --- Zenith explores the different aspects of space, including

From playlist Zenith | Spark

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Venus: Recent Discoveries and Surprises - Video Compilation

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From playlist Long Science Videos

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Measuring Mars' Atmospheric Loss

A Nov. 5 NASA science update highlighted data from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission that has determined the present rate at which Mars' atmosphere is losing gas to space, via stripping by the solar wind. This loss of gas to space appears to have played a key ro

From playlist Mars Atmosphere Playlist

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Weekly Space Hangout Oct 14, 2016 - Europe Crashes the Mars Party

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Universe Today or the Universe Today YouTube page. This week's special guest: Tyler Finlay of the Sally Ride EarthKAM project.

From playlist Weekly Space Hangout

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Why Do Probes Disappear Near Mars?

Nine months after launch of the Mars Climate Orbiter, the probe disappeared on the far side of the planet. It the second NASA probe to disappear near Mars. To date, at least 15 probes have been lost near Mars. NASA'S UNEXPLAINED FILES Tuesdays 10/9c on Science http://www.sciencechannel.co

From playlist NASA's Unexplained Files

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NASA | Goddard Goes to Mars

The Martian climate remains one of the solar system's biggest mysteries: although cold and dry today, myriad surface features on Mars carved by flowing water attest to a much warmer, wetter past. What caused this dramatic transition? Scientists think that climate change on Mars may be due

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