reconnaissance

This spacecraft has sent its first pic back today. This is the first Martian orbiter capable of high-res pics, the first (and so far only) pic is here. (56k warning - 19 MB!) If you want the uncompressed TIFF image, it's here but it's 190 MB! Very interesting pic, what strikes me the most...

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/ Live coverage of orbital insertion starts at 12:30 Pacific time. They say it has a ~ 50% probability of success...