USATODAY.com – Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter ready for action
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is in great shape after its arrival at the planet on March 10. It is now being readied to produce its first images of Mars this week — using the most powerful telescope camera ever sent to another planet
The University of Arizona’s super-powerful High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera is scheduled to relay first test shots of Mars on March 23 to the HiRISE Operations Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
Check out this neat graphic: Aerobraking Into Martian Orbit