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MRO's 'Very Large Roll,' Animated
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This animation depicts NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) performing what's called a "very large roll": a 120-degree roll that can increase the capabilities of the spacecraft's subsurface radar instrument, called Shallow Radar, or SHARAD. Very large rolls boost SHARAD's signal by 10 times or more, giving scientists a clearer and deeper look below the Martian surface than MRO has ever had before.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMRO's 'Very Large Roll,' Animated. NASA/JPL, 2025-06-26. Public domain. ID: PIA26478.
