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2001 Mars Odyssey Space Probe
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Mars Odyssey is an unmanned spacecraft that launched April 7, 2001. Its mission was to travel to Mars, establish itself in orbit, and, using spectrometers and imagers, hunt for evidence of past or present water and volcanic activity on Mars. It is hoped that the data Odyssey obtains will help answer the question of whether life has ever existed on Mars.
The spacecraft reached Mars on October 24, 2001 and began to map the surface using its thermal emission imaging system on February 19, 2002.
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