CBS News
April 2, 2013
Mars vs. Comet in 2014: Scientists Prepare for Red Planet Sky Show
A close encounter between Mars and Comet C/2013 A1, also called Siding Spring, in 2014 is creating both opportunity and anxiety in scientific circles. "We are certainly expecting to observe Siding Spring with HiRISE and other MRO instruments," said Alfred McEwen, director of the UA Planetary Image Research Laboratory and principal investigator for HiRISE, the camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.