JPL fine tunes orbit of Mars Global Surveyor
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor will begin its primary mapping mission within the next two weeks, following the Feb. 19 firing of its main engine to fine tune its path around Mars into a nearly circular, Sun-synchronous orbit, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported. The final "transfer to mapping orbit"...
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