Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is Halfway to Mars
An artist conception on the MRO in Mars orbit.
Image source: NASA
Image source: NASA
An AP newswire article by Alicia Chang, via ABC News, reports that:
A NASA spacecraft is halfway toward Mars where it is expected to collect more data on the Red Planet than all previous Martian explorations combined.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully fired its six engines for 20 seconds last week to adjust its flight path in anticipation of a March arrival. It will fine-tune its trajectory two more times before it enters orbit around Mars, said Allen Halsell, deputy navigation chief at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
Once in orbit, the two-ton spacecraft will join a trio of probes currently flying around Mars.
posted by Fergie @ 11/20/2005 08:26:00 PM
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