MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR
(MGS) has performed its last trajectory correction maneuver prior to the spacecraft's planned orbit insertion around Mars Sept. 11. The 11-sec. burn, which occurred at 9:30 a.m. PDT Aug. 25, changed the spacecraft's velocity by about 0.3 meters/sec. (0.67 mph.). MGS will perform a 22-min. burn with...
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