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THEMIS photographs Mars atmosphere As Mars Odyssey turned to listen to the Phoenix lander, the THEMIS camera caught an oblique view of craters, the dusty atmosphere, and the edge of the planet.
THEMIS helps Phoenix land safely on Mars ASU's Thermal Emission Imaging System helped scientists find a safe landing site for the Mars Phoenix spacecraft - and the instrument is also giving flight controllers data on the atmosphere to ensure a safe touchdown.
Salt deposits found in Martian highlands Using THEMIS data, scientists have discovered numerous deposits of chloride minerals on Mars. These indicate abundant water in the distant past and suggest a new kind of mineralogy to search for life's ancient traces on the Red Planet.
New and improved THEMIS dust maps Scientists and mission controllers are using THEMIS data to monitor atmospheric dust from a storm that erupted on Mars in the last week of June 2007.
Mars image milestone for THEMIS Lava flows and wind streaks mingle with impact craters in the 1200th Image of the Day, posted May 4, 2007 on the themis.asu.edu website.
Mars ground ice is patchy and variable THEMIS data shows for the first time that subsurface water ice on Mars lies at variable depths over small-scale patches. The discovery draws a far more detailed picture of underground ice than before.
Martian polar riddle solved Scientists use THEMIS data to discover that sand-spewing gas jets are the cause of mysterious dark markings that appear every spring on the Martian south polar cap.
MSL Landing Site Support In preparation for the planned launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, THEMIS will help the MSL team choose a safe but interesting landing site.
THEMIS Poster Shop Now Open The THEMIS Team proudly announces the creation of the THEMIS Poster Shop, selling high-resolution posters of THEMIS images.
Google Mars Launches! Google Mars lets you explore some of the most detailed maps of Mars ever made, using your browser.
THEMIS Global Daytime IR Mosaic The best global image of all Mars was made by stitching together more than 17,000 Mars photos, each showing details as small as 230 meters (750 feet) wide.
THOR Mission Seeks Underground Water A mission named THOR (Tracing Habitability, Organics, and Resources) proposes to seek underground water on Mars.
Choosing Opportunity's Landing Site As the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reaches one Mars year on the surface, we review how TES and THEMIS helped find its new home on Meridiani Planum.
ASU's Mars Window Launches In China Arizona State University's informative Mars website now has a Chinese-language version. The new site translates features posted by ASU's Mars Space Flight Facility on themis.asu.edu.
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