Final burn sets up Mars Climate Orbiter for Sept. 23 insertion burn
A 15-second burn of the Mars Climate Orbiter maneuvering engines has set up the NASA probe for a Sept. 23 burn that will insert it into a polar orbit around the Red Planet. Controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory determined the burn, which came at 12:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, put the spacecraft on...
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