Lunar Prospector reached near-perfect orbit
NASA's Lunar Prospector achieved an "almost perfectly circular" polar orbit around the moon last week after a final engine burn, mission controllers at Ames Research Center reported. Following the Jan. 15 burn the $20 million probe was orbiting the moon in a 90 degree orbit, with an apogee of 100...
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