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Ares 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited
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This observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the target of the Ares 3 landing site from The Martian by Andy Weir. Andy then sent us the exact coordinates, which we targeted, and this is it. This closeup shows some wind-blown deposits inside eroded craters. We can't see the Ares 3 habitat because it arrives sometime in the future, so this is the "before" image.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineAres 3 Landing Site: The Martian Revisited. NASA/JPL, 2015-04-22. Public domain. ID: PIA19363.
