Mars Maven Orbiter To Brake For Comms Role
Credit: Maven: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (Maven) climate research orbiter is embracing new duties. Maven is providing a communications relay with Earth for the agency’s future Mars 2020 rover mission by constraining its orbital trajectory through a 2 1/2-month-long series of aerobraking...
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