Rosetta passes Mars en route to comet

JUST PASSING THROUGH: Skimming toward its closest approach on Feb. 25, The Philae lander on ESA's Rosetta probe imaged Mars's Syrtis region and took a self-portrait at the same time. Four minutes later, the spacecraft passed within 1,000 kilometers of the surface in a gravity-boost swing-by that...

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