Mars Odyssey celebrated its anniversary with an unusual image of Olympus Mons

On June 30, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft will celebrate a round number: its 100,000th orbit around Mars. In honor of this event, it took an unusual photo of Olympus Mons. It shows the largest volcano in the Solar System at the angle to the horizon, roughly as an astronaut in orbit around the Red Planet would see it. Oldest Martian mission This year Mars Odyssey celebrated its 23rd birthday. The spacecraft was named in honor of the famous novel Space …