NASA JPL Mars Global Surveyor Probe Mission Patch Mars Exploration Program for Sale

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NASA JPL Mars Global Surveyor Probe Mission Patch Mars Exploration Program For Sale

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NASA JPL Mars Global Surveyor Probe Mission Patch Mars Exploration Program:
$12.50

NASA JPL Mars Global Surveyor Probe Mission Patch
Patch is 3.5\" in diameter.
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was an American robotic space probe developed by NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. MGS was a global mapping mission that examined the entire planet, from the ionosphere down through the atmosphere to the surface. As part of the larger Mars Exploration Program, Mars Global Surveyor performed atmospheric monitoring for sister orbiters during aerobraking, and helped Mars rovers and lander missions by identifying potential landing sites and relaying surface telemetry.
It completed its primary mission in January 2001 and was in its third extended mission phase when, on 2 November 2006, the spacecraft failed to respond to messages and commands. A faint signal was detected three days later which indicated that it had gone into safe mode. Attempts to recontact the spacecraft and resolve the problem failed, and NASA officially ended the mission in January 2007. MGS remains in a stable near-polar circular orbit at about 450 km altitude and as of 1996, was expected to crash onto the surface of the planet in 2050.
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