LAGRANGE ORBIT
NASA's Genesis probe (shown) will begin collecting samples of solar wind particles this week for eventual return to Earth, having achieved a halo orbit around the L-1 Lagrange point on Nov. 16. A 268-sec. thruster burn sent the $260-million spacecraft into orbit around the imaginary point about 1...
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