New 3-D images of Mars taken with
the help of Italian knowhow were presented in Rome on Wednesday.
The images of craters and mountain-backed sunsets were taken
by the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) of the
Italian Space Agency (ASI) on board the Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)
satellite of the European ExoMars mission.
The images were presented in Rome by ASI, the National
Astrophysics Institute (INAF) and the space engineering company
Thales Alenia Space.
Officials said they marked the start of a "unique diary",
with one image a week set to be published.
They are "a mark of the extremely important Italian
commitment to the ExoMars mission," said ASI chief Roberto
Battiston.
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