An overview of the 1985-2006 Mars Orbiter Camera science investigation
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Michael C. Malin,
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Kenneth S. Edgett,
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Bruce A. Cantor
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Michael A. Caplinger,
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G. Edward Danielson,
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Elsa H. Jensen,
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Michael A. Ravine,
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Jennifer L. Sandoval and
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Kimberley D. Supulver
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Malin Space Science Systems, P.O. Box 910148, San Diego, CA 92191-0148 USA
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Deceased, 10 December 2005
Mars
5, 1-60, 2010 | doi:10.1555/mars.2010.0001
Received August 5, 2009 | Accepted November 15, 2009 | Published January 6, 2010
The Mars Observer Camera (MOC) investigation was proposed in 1985 and selected in 1986 for the Mars Observer mission, a spacecraft that was lost enroute to Mars in 1993. Re-named the Mars Orbiter Camera, MOC was re-flown on Mars Global Surveyor and successfully provided more than 4 Mars years (between September 1997 and October 2006) of daily global meteorological observations and observed ancient, water-lain sedimentary rock, present-day impact cratering, and youthful gullies (some of which may be showing evidence for present-day liquid water), among many other results from its more than 243,000 images.
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