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  • Europe’s new Mars orbiter gives first taste of science data

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    The first ExoMars stereo reconstruction of a small area in a region called Noctis Labyrinthus. The image gives an altitude map of the region with a resolution of less than 20 meters (66 feet). The images used to make the 3D profile were taken on Nov. 22, 2016, and are among the first to be…

  • U.S.-Russian talks on Venus mission resume

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    NASA’s Magellan mission mapped Venus in radar imagery, revealing the planet’s global surface topography for the first time. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has resumed discussions with Russia on a potential joint robotic mission to Venus in the late 2020s after the Ukraine crisis stalled the partnership, according to scientists involved in the talks. Russian scientists have…