Thermal Emission Spectrometer Project
Mars Global Surveyor Space Flight Facility
Department of Geology, Arizona State University
Box 871404, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1404, U.S.A.

January 1998
Volume 7
Number 1

We Are There! TES Observes Mars!

TES temperature images of Mars from Orbit 79, January 1, 1998.

As Mars Global Surveyor Continues Aerobraking Under Revised Mission Plan, Tantalizing Discoveries Are Made By TES And Other Instruments

January 1998 (v. 7, n. 1)--- TABLE OF CONTENTS:

MGS and TES Update by Greg Mehall
- Figure: Springtime on Mars!South Pole Cap TES images.
- Figure: Mars Global Surveyor's "-Y Solar Panel" Woes.
- Figure: Mars Global Surveyor's Elliptical Orbits.
- Figure: MGS Image of Layers in Valles Marineris.
- Figure: Nirgal Vallis, Mars, as Seen by MGS.
- Figure: Early Results from MGS TES (spectra of Mars).
- Figure: First minerals identified by TES (pyroxenes).
New Mars Global Surveyor Timeline by Ken Edgett
Mars Surveyor 2001 Missions Take Shape by Ken Edgett
- Figure: Athena Rover.
- Figure: Mars Surveyor '01 Orbiter.
Mars Pathfinder-- Whatta Mission! by Ken Edgett
- Figure: Sojourner visits "Moe".
REaD Mars: Recent Mars Articles by Ken Edgett
Mars Pathfinder Slide Sets!

TES News is published quarterly by the Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program. This newsletter may be copied for EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

Original Hardcopy: 5 January 1998
Online Version: 5 January 1998

EDITED BY Kenneth S. Edgett, Arizona Mars K-12 Education Program, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.