It may be that the tiny craft is simply too small for the camera to spot, and will remain lost in space until higher resolution imagery of Mars is available.

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The show floor space dedicated to three-dimensional imagery has been decimated, relegating a dubious technology to its proper position as a sideshow rather than a leading cause to upgrade your TV.

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Contestants will be tasked to work with different sets of imagery from NASA's lab on earth and on the Space Station, as well as in a simulator.

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He said the imagery and themes in his most famous film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, have invited endless speculation and interpretation over the years.

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UrtheCast will supply video data and imagery of Earth collected by two HD cameras on the Russian module of the Space Station.

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