NASA's Oldest Mars Mission

Hey Space Placers!

Check out the scoop on NASA's 15 year Mars Odyssey mission.

At 11:02 a.m. EDT on April 7, 2001, crowds watch a Boeing Delta II rocket lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft into space on its seven-month journey to Mars.

• Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University

Mars is getting brighter each week as it get closest to Earth next month. I hope to get some pics of it soon.

Sky Guy in VA