HiRISE

HiRISE

Alternative names	High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
First light	March 10, 2006
Diameter	0.5 m
Length	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Mass	64.2 kg (142 lb)
Focal length	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Website	hirise.lpl.arizona.edu
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High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment is a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which has been orbiting and studying Mars since 2006. The 65 kg (143 lb), US$40 million instrument was built under the direction of the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. It consists of a 0.5 m (19.7 in) aperture reflecting telescope, the largest so far of any deep space mission, which allows it to take pictures of Mars with resolutions of 0.3 m/pixel (1 ft/pixel), resolving objects below a meter across.

HiRISE has imaged Mars exploration rovers on the surface, including the Opportunity rover and the ongoing Curiosity mission.^[1]