Mars Global Surveyor was a spacecraft that produced data about the Red Planet that will keep researchers busy for some time. Launched in 1996, the orbiter found intriguing hints of running water ...

and Mars Global Surveyor, an orbiter, both NASA craft that launched in 1996. A small robot onboard Pathfinder named Sojourner — the first wheeled rover ever to explore the surface of another ...

New images from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, which has been orbiting the Red Planet since 1997, show how gullies, impact craters, rock falls, and eroding polar icescapes rework Mars ...

A resurfaced NASA Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera photograph has sparked interest online, and it's even piqued ...

An instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) can measure natural features or topography. The laser altimeter sends beams to the surface—then times how long it takes for them to bounce ...

On November 7, 1996, NASA launched its Mars Global Surveyor mission. This was the first mission NASA sent to Mars in almost 20 years. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft was an orbiter.

A NASA review board has concluded that human error led to the failure of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft last November. NASA officials announced at a press ...

In 1998 the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) entered Martian orbit with the primary goal of mapping the planet’s surface. This was completed in January 2001, with more than 98 percent of the surface ...

In early November, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) fell silent. Since then, NASA has unsuccessfully tried to contact the orbiter, and the most productive mission yet to the Red Planet appears to be ...

This study was conducted using data from NASA’s Mariner 9, Viking Orbiter 1 and 2, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter missions, as well as ESA’s Mars Express mission.

The series of pictures were captured from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) earlier this century, but have caused hearts to flutter now they've resurfaced online on Valentine's Day this year (14 Feb).