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12/18/2007 1. Mars: Closest Approach 2007 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 55 million miles – 88 million kilometers – away. This color image was assembled from a series of exposures... (More)

11/3/2005 2. Mars Kicks Up the Dust as it Makes Closest Approach to Earth NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped this picture of Mars on October 28, within a day of its closest approach... (More)

8/27/2003 3. Mars: Closest Encounter These two images, taken 11 hours apart with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveal two nearly opposite sides of Mars. Hubble snapped these photos as the red planet was making its closest approach... (More)

10/11/2001 4. Scientists Track "Perfect Storm" on Mars A pair of eagle-eyed NASA spacecraft — the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Hubble Space Telescope — are giving amazed astronomers a ringside seat to the biggest... (More)
7/5/2001 5. Hubble Captures Best View of Mars Ever Obtained From Earth Frosty white water ice clouds and swirling orange dust storms above a vivid rusty landscape reveal Mars as a dynamic planet in this sharpest... (More)

6/30/1999 6. A Closer Encounter with Mars Taking advantage of Mars's closest approach to Earth in eight years, astronomers using the Hubble telescope have taken the space-based observatory's sharpest views yet of the Red Planet. (More)
5/19/1999 7. Colossal Cyclone Swirls near Martian North Pole Astronomers using the Hubble telescope have discovered an enormous cyclonic storm system raging in the northern polar regions of the planet Mars. (More)
2/25/1999 8. Martian Colors Provide Clues about Martian Water Hubble telescope images of Mars detail a rich geologic history and provide further evidence for water-bearing minerals on the planet's surface. (More)

9/17/1997 9. Hubble Watches the Red Planet as Mars Global Surveyor Begins Aerobraking This Hubble telescope picture of Mars was taken Sept. 12, 1997, one day after the arrival of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft... (More)
7/15/1997 10. Hubble Sees Rapid Weather Changes On Mars, New Dust Activity Astronomers using the Hubble telescope to track weather on Mars and how it might affect the Pathfinder landing... (More)
7/1/1997 11. Hubble's Look At Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions For Pathfinder Landing Hubble telescope pictures of Mars, taken June 27, 1997 in preparation for the July 4 landing of the Pathfinder spacecraft... (More)
5/20/1997 12. Hubble Finds Cloudy, Cold Weather Conditions for Mars-Bound Spacecraft As two NASA spacecraft speed toward a mid-year rendezvous with Mars, astronomers using the Hubble telescope are providing updated planetary weather reports... (More)
3/20/1997 13. Hubble's Sharpest View of Mars The recently refurbished Hubble telescope obtained the sharpest view of Mars ever taken from Earth. This stunning portrait was taken with March 10... (More)

11/1/1996 14. Springtime Dust Storm Swirls at Martian North Pole Two Hubble telescope images of Mars, taken about a month apart, reveal a state-sized dust storm churning near the edge of the northern polar cap. (More)

11/29/1995 15. HST's Greatest Hits 1990-1995 Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe in dramatic, unprecedented pictures of celestial objects. Like a traveler sharing... (More)
3/21/1995 16. Hubble Monitors Weather on Neighboring Planets What's the weather for Mars and Venus? The Hubble telescope has given astronomers a peak. The telescope is serving as an interplanetary weather satellite for studying the climate... (More)

5/30/1991 17. Mars, Three-color Composite Exposures taken through separate red, green, and blue filters and used to create a color image of Mars (lower right). The red filter shows the best surface detail. Because Mars' atmosphere scatters... (More)
3/18/1991 18. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope To Monitor Changes On Mars NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has begun a long-term program to monitor seasonal and interannual changes that occur on the surface and in the atmosphere... (More)