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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA spacecraft active since 2005
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars, as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. It was launched from Cape Canaveral on August 12, 2005, at 11:43 UTC and reached Mars…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mars
Fourth planet from the Sun
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide atmosphere. At the average surface level the atmospheric pressure is a few thousandths of Earth's,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
March 10
Day of the year
March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 296 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)